solder
nounEtymology
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”).
Definitions
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.
- I've had so little feeling that I've burned myself with liquid solder and watched my skin burn and not felt anything.
Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to…
Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals.
- Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul — and solder of society.
To join items together, or to coat them with solder.
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To join things as if with solder.
- In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at solder. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at solder. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at solder
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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