solder
Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend,…Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
» Tom turned on the soldering iron.
Том включил паяльник. — Selena777
Том увімкнув паяльник. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
Lötmetall, Lot, Lötdraht
припо́йpripój
an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals.
Examples
16 sentencesTom turned on the soldering iron.
Том увімкнув паяльник. — deniko
ruТом включил паяльник. — Selena777
Do you have a soldering iron that I could borrow?
I need a soldering iron.
ruМне нужен паяльник. — marafon
deIch brauche einen Lötkolben. — felix63
Are you soldering?
Do we have a soldering iron?
ruУ нас паяльник есть? — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (nouFrom 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 (“make solid”).
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Forms
plural: soldersWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable