Word Study
consolidated
CIDE DICTIONARY
consolidated, p. p. & a.
- Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified. [1913 Webster]"The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] consolidated." [1913 Webster]"A mass of partially consolidated mud." [1913 Webster]
- Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. [1913 Webster]"Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
consolidated
amalgamated, assimilated, blended, clamped, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, combinative, combinatory, combined, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective, constricted, contracted, crammed, crammed full, cramped, crowded, dense, eclectic, firm, fused, gluey, hard, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, incorporated, integrated, jam-packed, jammed, joined, joint, knitted, massive, merged, mixed, nipped, nonporous, one, packed, pinched, pinched-in, puckered, pursed, serried, solid, solidified, squeezed, strangled, strangulated, substantial, syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, thick, thick-growing, thickset, united, viscid, viscose, viscous, wasp-waisted, wrinkledFor further exploring for "consolidated" in Webster Dictionary Online