solder

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English

 solder on Wikipedia
Soldered joint between two substantial metal strips
Soldering small components of an electronic circuit board
A spool of solder wire. The so-called wire actually is a hollow tube filled with a core of flux that melts when the soldering iron is applied.

Etymology

From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (to solder, verb) (> Middle English souden (to solder)), from Latin solidāre (make solid).

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Noun

solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)

  1. Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
    • 1991, John H. Lau, Solder Joint Reliability: Theory and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 225:
      ...the packaging of electronic components has moved from technology that used solder predominantly as an electrical connection (plated through-hole) to technology that uses solder as both a mechanical and electrical connection (surface mount technology)...
    • 1991 December 8, Liz Galst, quoting Buck, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 9:
      I've had so little feeling that I've burned myself with liquid solder and watched my skin burn and not felt anything.
  2. Figuratively, circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
    • 1860, D R. M'Nab, Christian consolation; The way home; and Conjugal love:
      Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul — and solder of society.

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Verb

solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)

  1. to join items together, or to coat them with solder
  2. (figuratively) to join things as if with solder.

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Etymology

From Dutch zolder, from Middle Dutch solre, solder, from Old Dutch *solari, *soleri, from Latin sōlārium.

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Noun

solder (plural solders, diminutive soldertjie)

  1. attic

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French

Etymology

From solde +‎ -er.

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solder

  1. to close (a deal)
  2. (finance) to settle, to pay off (debt)
  3. to sell at sales, to have a sale
  4. (reflexive, ~ par) to end up (in), to result (in)

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Etymology

From Dutch soldeer, from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (to solder, verb) (> Middle English souden (to solder)), from Latin solidāre (make solid).

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  • Hyphenation: sol‧dèr

Noun

solder-solder

  1. solder: any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
    Synonym: patri

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