solder

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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.

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, present active infinitive of solidō (“make solid”).

(UK) enPR: sŏl'də(r), sōl'də(r), IPA^(key): /ˈsɒldə(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊldə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɒldə(ɹ), -əʊldə(ɹ)

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(Canada, General American) enPR: sŏd′ər, sōd'ə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈsɑdɚ/, /ˈsəʊdə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ), -əʊdə(ɹ)

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solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)

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:
  ...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)...
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.

any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together

Japanese: 半田 (はんだ, handa)
Kazakh: дәнекер (däneker)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 땜납 (ko) (ttaemnap)
Latvian: lode f
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: loddemetall n, loddetråd

Nynorsk: loddemetall n, loddetråd m
Persian: لحیم‎ (fa) (lahim)
Polish: cyna (pl) f, spoiwo lutownicze n (formal), lut (pl) m
Portuguese: solda (pt) f
Russian: припо́й (ru) m (pripój)
Serbo-Croatian: lem (sh) m
Spanish: estaño para soldar m, estaño (es) m
Thai: โลหะบัดกรี
Tibetan: ཚ་ལ (tsha la)
Turkish: lehim (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: sodr (cy) m

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

to join items together, or to coat them with solder
(figuratively) to join things as if with solder.
- 2013, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
  In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.

to join with solder

Kazakh: дәнекерлеу (dänekerlew)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: plumbō (la)
Latvian: lodēt
Macedonian: леми (lemi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lodde

Nynorsk: lodde
Persian: لحیم کردن‎ (lahim kardan)
Polish: lutować (pl)
Portuguese: soldar (pt)
Quechua: chapiy
Romanian: suda (ro)
Russian: пая́ть (ru) impf (pajátʹ), припая́ть (ru) pf (pripajátʹ), спая́ть (ru) pf (spajátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: zalemiti (sh)
Spanish: soldar (es)
Swedish: löda (sv)
Thai: บัดกรี (th) (bàt-grii)
Tibetan: ཚ་ལ་བཏང (tsha la btang)
Turkish: lehimlemek (tr)
Vietnamese: hàn (vi)