sol
Multiple Entries:sol -sol soh
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sol1 /sɒl/
▶noun variant of soh.
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sol2 /sɒl/
▶noun Chemistry a fluid suspension of a colloidal solid in a liquid.
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sol3 /sɒl/ (also nuevo sol)
▶noun (pl. soles /ˈsɒlɛz, ˈsəʊlɛz/) the basic monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 cents.
– origin Sp., lit. ‘sun’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-sol/sɒl/
▶combining form in nouns denoting different kinds and states of soil.
– origin from L. solum ‘soil’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soh /səʊ/ (also so or sol)
▶noun Music (in tonic sol-fa) the fifth note of a major scale.
■ the note G in the fixed-doh system.
– origin ME sol: representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of solve, taken from a Latin hymn.
'sol' also found in these Oxford entries:
aerosol
- doh
- fah
- insolation
- lah
- me
- movable-doh
- nuevo sol
- ray
- soh
- -sol
- solar
- solarium
- sol-fa
- solfeggio
- solmization
- solstice
- solunar
- staff notation
- sullen
- te
- tonic sol-fa
- turnsole

