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SOLDER
solder
(noun) an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
solder
(verb) join or fuse with solder; āsolder these two pipes togetherā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)
Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
Figuratively, circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
Verb
solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)
to join items together, or to coat them with solder
(figuratively) to join things as if with solder.
Antonyms
• desolder
Anagrams
• Elrods, Loders, dorsel, resold
Source: Wiktionary
Sol"der, n. Etym: [Formerly soder; F. soudure, OF. soudeure, fr. OF. & F. souder to solder, L. solidare to fasten, to make solid. See Solid, and cf. Sawder.]
Definition: A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic coment. Hence, anything which unites or cements. Hard solder, a solder which fuses only at a red heat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc.
– Soft solder, a solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures; as, plumbers' solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin, is a soft solder.
Sol"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Soldering.] Etym: [Formerlysoder. See Solder, n.]
1. To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
2. To mend; to patch up. "To solder up a broken cause." Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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