noun. Mayonnaise is a colloid. Mayonnaise is a colloid. The definition of a colloid is a combination of molecules mixed through other substances that will not settle out or join with the other substance. Mayonnaise and blood are both examples of colloids.
The story's opening operates on a contrast. At the same time that it introduces the reader to Jonathanâs constructive outlook, it obliquely references the extent of the war's devastation. Jonathan not only considers himself lucky, but has an almost dazed optimism in his manner and attitude.
Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Bryant McGill: Turn to your community and the great earth for sustenance and knowledge. 2  Reinhold Niebuhr: Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. 3  Jennifer Louden: I define comfort as self-acceptance.