solder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
  2. verb join or fuse with solder
    • solder these two pipes together

WordNet

Sol"der noun
Etymology
Formerly soder; F. soudure, OF. soudeure, fr. OF. & F. souder to solder, L. solidare to fasten, to make solid. See Solid, and cf. Sawder.
Definitions
  1. A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic coment. Hence, anything which unites or cements.
Sol"der transitive verb
Etymology
Formerlysoder. See Solder, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Soldered ; present participle & verbal noun Soldering
Definitions
  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.
  2. To mend; to patch up. "To solder up a broken cause." Hooker.

Webster 1913