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welding

noun · verb · 4 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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  • /ˈwɛldɪŋ/
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  • rhymes with -ɛldɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The action or process of welding:

The joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The action or process of welding:

Binding together inseparably; uniting closely or intimately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of weld

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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4

noun

Meaning 4

fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastening, attachment

Narrower terms: butt welding, butt-welding, spot welding, spot-welding

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, weld + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَحْم (laḥm) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Arabic: لِحَام (liḥām) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Armenian: զոդում (zodum) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Belarusian: зва́рка (zvárka) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Bulgarian: заваря́ване (zavarjávane) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Bulgarian: зава́рка (zavárka) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焊接 (hànjiē) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Czech: svařování — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Estonian: keevitamine — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Finnish: hitsaaminen — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Finnish: hitsaus — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • French: soudage — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • German: Schweißen — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Greek: συγκόλληση (sygkóllisi) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Hungarian: hegesztés — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Indonesian: las — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Indonesian: pengelasan — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Italian: saldatura — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Japanese: 溶接 (yōsetsu) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Korean: 용접 (yongjeop) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Malay: pengimpalan — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Norwegian: sveising — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Persian: جوشکاری (juškâri) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Polish: spawanie — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Portuguese: soldadura — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Portuguese: solda — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Portuguese: soldagem — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Russian: сва́рка (svárka) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Spanish: soldadura dura — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Swedish: svetsning — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Ottoman Turkish: قایناق (kaynak) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Ukrainian: зва́рювання (zvárjuvannja) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Ukrainian: зва́рення (zvárennja) — the action or process of welding: joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler
  • Hungarian: összeforradás — the action or process of binding together inseparably; uniting closely or intimately
  • Hungarian: összeforrás — the action or process of binding together inseparably; uniting closely or intimately
  • Hungarian: összeforrasztás — the action or process of binding together inseparably; uniting closely or intimately