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 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.

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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).

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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.
  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[1]:
      Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul — and solder of society.

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

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solder (plural solders, diminutive soldertjie)

  1. attic

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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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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, present active infinitive of solidō (make solid).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔldɛr]
  • Hyphenation: sol‧dèr

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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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