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solder

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: sŏlʹdə r
  • UK: sōlʹdə r
  • UK: /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/
  • UK: /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/
  • rhymes with -ɒldə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -əʊldə(ɹ)
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: sŏdʹər
  • Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /ˈsɒ.də/
  • Canada, General-American: sŏdʹər
  • Canada, General-American: sōʹdər
  • Canada, General-American: sôʹdər
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsɑd.ɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/
  • archaic, Canada, General-American: /ˈsɔ.dɚ/
  • rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -əʊdə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ɔːdə(ɹ)
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To join items together, or to coat them with solder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: desolder

4

verb

Meaning 4

To join things as if with solder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alloy, metal

Narrower terms: hard solder, silver solder, soft solder

6

verb

Meaning 6

join or fuse with solder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • solder these two pipes together

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: join, conjoin

Narrower terms: dip solder, soft-solder, braze

History

Etymology

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 (“make solid”).

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: զոդ (zod) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Azerbaijani: lehim — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Basque: eztainu — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Bulgarian: припой (pripoj) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焊料 (hànliào) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Czech: pájka — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Danish: loddemetal — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Dutch: soldeersel — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Esperanto: luto — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Esperanto: lutalojo — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Finnish: juote — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Finnish: juotemetalli — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Finnish: juotostina — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • French: soudure — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Galician: solda — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Georgian: სარჩილი (sarčili) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • German: Lötmetall — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • German: Lot — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • German: Lötdraht — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • German: Lötzinn — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Greek: καλάι (kalái) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Gujarati: રેણ (reṇ) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Hebrew: לחם (lákham) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Hungarian: forrasz — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Hungarian: forraszanyag — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Hungarian: forrasztóanyag — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Icelandic: lóðmálmur — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Icelandic: lóðtin — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Icelandic: brasmálmur — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Icelandic: loðningarefni — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Irish: sádar — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Japanese: 半田 (handa) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Kazakh: дәнекер (däneker) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Khmer: សំណផ្សារ (sɑmnphsaa) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Korean: 땜납 (ttaemnap) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Latvian: lode — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Macedonian: лем (lem) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Māori: piuta — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Māori: tūhoto — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Norwegian Bokmål: loddemetall — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Norwegian Bokmål: loddetråd — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: loddemetall — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: loddetråd — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Persian: لحیم (lahim) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Polish: cyna — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Polish: spoiwo lutownicze — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Polish: lut — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Portuguese: solda — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Russian: припо́й (pripój) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Serbo-Croatian: lem — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Spanish: estaño para soldar — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Spanish: estaño — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Thai: โลหะบัดกรี — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Tibetan: ཚ་ལ (tsha la) — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Turkish: lehim — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Vietnamese: chất hàn — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Welsh: sodor — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Welsh: sodr — any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
  • Armenian: զոդել (zodel) — to join with solder
  • Azerbaijani: lehimləmək — to join with solder
  • Azerbaijani: lehim vurmaq — to join with solder
  • Bulgarian: запоя́вам (zapojávam) — to join with solder
  • Bulgarian: споя́вам (spojávam) — to join with solder
  • Catalan: soldar — to join with solder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焊接 (hànjiē) — to join with solder
  • Czech: pájet — to join with solder
  • Czech: letovat — to join with solder
  • Danish: lodde — to join with solder
  • Dutch: solderen — to join with solder
  • Esperanto: luti — to join with solder
  • Finnish: juottaa — to join with solder
  • French: souder — to join with solder
  • German: löten — to join with solder
  • Gujarati: રેણ કરવું (reṇ karvũ) — to join with solder
  • Hebrew: הלחים (hilkhím) — to join with solder
  • Hungarian: forraszt — to join with solder
  • Icelandic: lóða — to join with solder
  • Icelandic: brasa — to join with solder
  • Icelandic: sjóða saman — to join with solder
  • Icelandic: kveikja — to join with solder
  • Icelandic: kveikja saman — to join with solder
  • Irish: sádráil — to join with solder
  • Italian: saldare — to join with solder
  • Japanese: はんだづけする (handazuke suru) — to join with solder
  • Kazakh: дәнекерлеу (dänekerleu) — to join with solder
  • Khmer: ផ្សារ (phsaa) — to join with solder
  • Korean: 납땜하다 (napttaemhada) — to join with solder
  • Latin: plumbō — to join with solder
  • Latvian: lodēt — to join with solder
  • Macedonian: леми (lemi) — to join with solder
  • Māori: tūhoto — to join with solder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lodde — to join with solder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lodde — to join with solder
  • Persian: لحیم کردن (lahim kardan) — to join with solder
  • Piedmontese: saldé — to join with solder
  • Polish: lutować — to join with solder
  • Portuguese: soldar — to join with solder
  • Quechua: chapiy — to join with solder
  • Romanian: suda — to join with solder
  • Russian: пая́ть (pajátʹ) — to join with solder
  • Russian: припая́ть (pripajátʹ) — to join with solder
  • Russian: спая́ть (spajátʹ) — to join with solder
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalemiti — to join with solder
  • Spanish: soldar (blandamente / al blando) — to join with solder
  • Swedish: löda — to join with solder
  • Thai: บัดกรี (bàt-grii) — to join with solder
  • Tibetan: ཚ་ལ་བཏང (tsha la btang) — to join with solder
  • Turkish: lehimlemek — to join with solder
  • Ukrainian: пая́ти (pajáty) — to join with solder
  • Vietnamese: hàn — to join with solder
  • Welsh: sodro — to join with solder
  • Yiddish: לייטן (leytn) — to join with solder