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solder - 5 dictionary results

sol⋅der

[sod-er]
–noun
1. any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
2. anything that joins or unites: the solder of their common cause.
–verb (used with object)
3. to join (metal objects) with solder.
4. to join closely and intimately: two fates inseparably soldered by misfortune.
5. to mend; repair; patch up.
–verb (used without object)
6. to unite things with solder.
7. to become soldered or united; grow together.

Origin:
1325–75; (n.) ME soudour < OF soudure, soldure, deriv. of solder to solder < L solidāre to make solid, equiv. to solid(us) solid + -āre inf. suffix; (v.) late ME, deriv. of the n.


sol⋅der⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sol⋅der⋅er, noun
sol⋅der⋅less, adjective
sol·der   (sŏd'ər)   
n.  
  1. Any of various fusible alloys, usually tin and lead, used to join metallic parts.
  2. Something that joins or cements.
v.   sol·dered, sol·der·ing, sol·ders

v.   tr.
  1. To unite or repair (parts, for example) with solder.
  2. To join or unite: The agreement soldered the factions into an alliance.
v.   intr.
  1. To unite or repair something with solder.
  2. To be joined or united.

[Middle English soudur, from Old French soudure, soldure, from souder, soulder, to solder, from Latin solidāre, to make solid, from solidus, solid; see solid.]
sol'der·a·ble adj., sol'der·er n.

Solder

Sol"der\, n. [Formerly soder; F. soudure, OF. soudeure, fr. OF. & F. souder to solder, L. solidare to fasten, to make solid. See Solid, and cf. Sawder.] A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement. 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.

Solder

Sol"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Soldering.] [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.
Language Translation for : solder
Spanish: soldadura,
German: der Lötzinn,
Japanese: はんだ

solder 
c.1350, sawd, from O.Fr. soldure, from solder "to join with solder," from L. solidare "to make solid," from solidus "solid" (see solid). Modern form is from c.1420. The -l- is still pronounced in Great Britain. The noun is first attested 1374.
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