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welding

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weld

1[weld]
verb (used with object)
1.
to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
2.
to bring into complete union, harmony, agreement, etc.
verb (used without object)
3.
to undergo welding; be capable of being welded: a metal that welds easily.

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Welding is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
noun
4.
a welded junction or joint.
5.
the act of welding or the state of being welded.

Origin:
1590–1600; variant of well2 in obsolete sense “to boil, weld”

weld·a·ble, adjective
weld·a·bil·i·ty, noun
weld·er, wel·dor, noun
weld·less, adjective
un·weld·a·ble, adjective
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un·weld·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

weld
plant (Resedo luteola) producing yellow dye, late 14c., from O.E. *wealde, perhaps a variant of O.E. wald "forest" (cf. M.L.G. walde, M.Du. woude). Sp. gualda, Fr. gaude are Gmc. loan-words.
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