solder
noun
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
soldered
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past participleof solder.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof solder.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
soldernounany of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
Example Sentences
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I’m stripping a century of paint off the door hinges, and I soldered tight a loose brass light fixture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Some have metal tabs that need to be soldered to the circuit board.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
They also created a low-cost, printed circuit board with built-in digital microfluidics, which the emitter is soldered to.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
I knew his name — the same soldered to the email’s sign-off — and had a vague idea of what he looked like.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2024
He salvages the inferior Soviet equipment, milled from marginal steel, clumsily soldered; it’s all so unsystematic.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
