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solder

[ 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)

  1. to join (metal objects) with solder.
  2. to join closely and intimately:

    two fates inseparably soldered by misfortune.

  3. to mend; repair; patch up.

verb (used without object)

  1. to unite things with solder.
  2. to become soldered or united; grow together.

solder

/ ˈsɒdər; ˈsɒldə /

noun

  1. an alloy for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces. Soft solders are alloys of lead and tin; brazing solders are alloys of copper and zinc
  2. something that joins things together firmly; a bond
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to join or mend or be joined or mended with or as if with solder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZ, adjective
  • ˈDZ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • DZd·· adjective
  • DZd· noun
  • DZd· adjective
  • ·DZd verb (used with object)
  • ·DZd verb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of solder1

1325–75; (noun) Middle English soudour < Old French soudure, soldure, derivative of solder to solder < Latin DZ to make solid, equivalent to solid ( us ) solid + - infinitive suffix; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of solder1

C14: via Old French from Latin DZ to strengthen, from solidus solid
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Then comes another one as the assembly line continues, the sounds of sewing, stitching, cutting and soldering echoing off the high ceilings.

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More often than not, organizations, educational systems, companies and other systems just want good solders who do what they're told and say nothing.

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Over the past century, lead was used in paint, pipes, solder, and, most disastrously, automotive fuel.

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Khalife didn’t give his name, but did reveal he was a serving solder.

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The resulting flexible board withstood all sorts of electronics manufacturing processes, including cutting shapes into the boards with lasers, printing circuits on top of them with commercially used silver inks, and soldering components to them.

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