solidification

UK: /səˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US: /səˌlɪdəfɪˈkeɪʃən/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

so•lid•i•fy /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/   v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v. 

1. Physics to (cause to) become solid; (cause to) be made into a hard or compact mass;
   change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form: [no object]
   Water solidifies and becomes ice.
   [~ + object]
   The concrete will solidify the foundation.
2. to unite firmly or consolidate: [no object]
   The coalition must solidify and fight as one unit.
   [~ + object]
   That leader can solidify the various groups of the country.

so•lid•i•fi•ca•tion /səˌlɪdəfɪˈkeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

so•lid•i•fy  (sə lid′ə fī′), v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 

1. Physics to make solid;
   make into a hard or compact mass;
   change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
2. to unite firmly or consolidate.
3. Crystallography to form into crystals;
   make crystallized.

v.i. 

4. Physics to become solid.
5. Crystallography to form into crystals;
   become crystallized.

• French solidifier. See solid, -ify
• 1790–1800

so•lid′i•fi′a•bil′i•ty, so•lid′i•fi′a•ble•ness, n. 
so•lid′i•fi′a•ble, adj. 
so•lid′i•fi•ca′tion, n. 
so•lid′i•fi′er, n.