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SOLDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: solder   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("solder" is a kind of...):

alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solder"):

hard solder (solder that contains copper; melts at a relatively high temperature; used for brazing)

silver solder (a solder that contains silver)

soft solder (solder that melts at a relatively low temperature)

Derivation:

solder (join or fuse with solder)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Join or fuse with solder

Example:

solder these two pipes together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "solder" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "solder"):

dip solder (solder by immersion in a bath of molten solder)

soft-solder (repair with soft-solder)

braze (solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

solder (an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces)

solderer (a worker who joins or mends with solder)

soldering (fastening firmly together)

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