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2 N‑UNCOUNT You can use soil in expressions like British soil to refer to a country's territory. □  The issue of foreign troops on Turkish soil is a sensitive one.

3 VERB If you soil something, you make it dirty. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Young people don't want to do things that soil their hands. □ [V n] He raised his eyes slightly as though her words might somehow soil him. ●  soiled ADJ □  …a soiled white apron.

soi|ree /swɑː re I , [AM ] swɑːre I / (soirees ) also soirée N‑COUNT A soiree is a social gathering held in the evening. [FORMAL ]

so|journ /sɒ dʒɜː ^r n, [AM ] soʊ dʒ-/ (sojourns ) N‑COUNT A sojourn is a short stay in a place that is not your home. [LITERARY ]

sol|ace /sɒ l I s/ N‑UNCOUNT Solace is a feeling of comfort that makes you feel less sad. [FORMAL ] □  I found solace in writing when my father died three years ago.

so|lar /soʊ lə ^r /

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Solar is used to describe things relating to the sun. □  A total solar eclipse is due to take place some time tomorrow.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Solar power is obtained from the sun's light and heat.

so |lar ce ll (solar cells ) N‑COUNT A solar cell is a device that produces electricity from the sun's rays.

so|lar|ium /soʊleə riəm/ (solariums ) N‑COUNT A solarium is a place equipped with special lamps, where you can go to get an artificial suntan.

so|lar plex|us /soʊ lə ^r ple ksəs/ N‑SING Your solar plexus is the part of your stomach, below your ribs, where it is painful if you are hit hard.

so |lar sys|tem (solar systems ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] The solar system is the sun and all the planets that go round it.

sold /soʊ ld/ Sold is the past tense and past participle of sell .

sol|der /soʊ ldə ^r , [AM ] sɑː də ^r / (solders , soldering , soldered )

1 VERB If you solder two pieces of metal together, you join them by melting a small piece of soft metal and putting it between them so that it holds them together after it has cooled. □ [V n] Fewer workers are needed to solder circuit boards. [Also V ]

2 N‑UNCOUNT Solder is the soft metal used for soldering.

so l|der|ing iron (soldering irons ) N‑COUNT A soldering iron is a tool used to solder things together.

sol|dier ◆◆◇ /soʊ ldʒə ^r / (soldiers , soldiering , soldiered ) N‑COUNT A soldier is a person who works in an army, especially a person who is not an officer.

▸  soldier on PHRASAL VERB If you soldier on at something, you continue to do it although it is difficult or unpleasant. □ [V P ] The government has soldiered on as if nothing were wrong. COLLOCATIONS soldier NOUN 1

noun + soldier : rebel; toy

adjective + soldier : dead, injured, wounded; brave, loyal

verb + soldier : injure, kill, shoot, wound; capture

sol|dier|ly /soʊ ldʒə ^r li/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you act in a soldierly way, you behave like a good or brave soldier. [FORMAL ] □  There was a great deal of soldierly good fellowship.

sol|diery /soʊ ldʒəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Soldiery is a group or body of soldiers. [LITERARY ] □  …the distant shouts and songs of the drunken soldiery.

so ld ou t

1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a performance, sports event, or other entertainment is sold out , all the tickets for it have been sold. □  The premiere on Monday is sold out.

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a shop is sold out of something, it has sold all of it that it had. □ [+ of ] The stores are sometimes sold out of certain groceries.

3 → see also sell out

sole /soʊ l/ (soles )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] The sole thing or person of a particular type is the only one of that type. □  Their sole aim is to destabilize the Indian government.