'Solder' definitions:
Definition of 'solder'
(from WordNet)
noun
An alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
verb
Join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together"
Definition of 'Solder'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Solder'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mend; to patch up. "To solder up a broken cause." --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'solder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- agglutinate,
- amass,
- articulate,
- assemble,
- associate,
- band,
- bind,
- blaze,
- blister,
- bond,
- bracket,
- brand,
- braze,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- burn,
- burn in,
- burn off,
- carve,
- cast,
- cauterize,
- cement,
- chain,
- char,
- chase,
- chisel,
- clap together,
- coal,
- collect,
- combine,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- conglobulate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- copulate,
- couple,
- cover,
- crack,
- cupel,
- cut,
- embrace,
- encompass,
- engrave,
- flame,
- found,
- fuse,
- gather,
- glue,
- grave,
- gum,
- include,
- insculpture,
- join,
- knot,
- lay together,
- league,
- link,
- lump together,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- merge,
- mobilize,
- model,
- mold,
- oxidate,
- oxidize,
- pair,
- parch,
- paste,
- piece together,
- put together,
- pyrolyze,
- roll into one,
- scorch,
- sculp,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- sear,
- singe,
- span,
- splice,
- stick together,
- swinge,
- take in,
- tape,
- tie,
- torrefy,
- unify,
- unite,
- vesicate,
- vulcanize,
- weld,
- yoke