solder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals.

verb

To join items together, or to coat them with solder.
To join things as if with solder.

Pronunciation

sŏlʹdə sōlʹdə /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/ /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/ en-uk-solder.ogg en-au-solder.ogg en-ca-solder.ogg sŏdʹər /ˈsɒ.də/ sōʹdər sôʹdər /ˈsɑd.ɚ/ /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/ /ˈsɔ.dɚ/ en-us-solder.ogg

Word forms

solder solders soldering soldered

Etymology

From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”).

Antonyms

desolder

Related words

braze flux weld

Derived words

gold solder solder bump solderess solder gobbler solderless solder mask solder resist solder stop solder sucker resolder solderability solderable solderer soldering bolt soldering iron unsolder

Translations

Armenian: զոդել Azerbaijani: lehimləmək Azerbaijani: lehim vurmaq Bulgarian: запоя́вам Bulgarian: споя́вам Catalan: soldar Chinese Mandarin: 焊接 Czech: pájet Czech: letovat Danish: lodde Dutch: solderen Esperanto: luti Finnish: juottaa French: souder German: löten Gujarati: રેણ કરવું Hebrew: הלחים Hungarian: forraszt Icelandic: lóða Icelandic: brasa Icelandic: sjóða saman Icelandic: kveikja Icelandic: kveikja saman Irish: sádráil Italian: saldare Japanese: はんだづけする Kazakh: дәнекерлеу Khmer: ផ្សារ Korean: 납땜하다 Latin: plumbō Latvian: lodēt Macedonian: леми Māori: tūhoto Norwegian Bokmål: lodde Norwegian Nynorsk: lodde Persian: لحیم کردن Piedmontese: saldé Polish: lutować Portuguese: soldar Quechua: chapiy Romanian: suda Russian: пая́ть Russian: припая́ть Russian: спая́ть Serbo-Croatian: zalemiti Spanish: soldar (blandamente / al blando) Swedish: löda Thai: บัดกรี Tibetan: ཚ་ལ་བཏང

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