Solder /(?)/

Sol·der

Solder

n.
  1. A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.

Phrases & Compounds
Hard solder
a solder which fuses only at a red heat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc.
Soft solder
a solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures; as, plumbers' solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin, is a soft solder.

Solder

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Soldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Soldering

  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.