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SOLDER
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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:
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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they solder ... he / she / it solders
Past simple: soldered
Past participle: soldered
-ing form: soldering
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)
