1
: a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces
especially
: an alloy of lead and tin so used
2
: something that unites
soldered; soldering
ˈsä-d(ə-)riŋ 
ˈsȯ-,
British also ˈsäl-,
ˈsōl-
1
: to unite or make whole by solder
2
: to bring into or restore to firm union
a friendship soldered by common interests
Examples of solder in a Sentence
Verb
Wires are soldered onto the circuit board.
Recent Examples on the Web
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Current techniques dissolve the silver in nitric acid and use other acids to handle a silicon nitride layer in the panel, as well as some of the minor materials, like solder.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
The Architect’s Classroom features stools that raise and lower, adjustable drafting tables and a wastebasket unfathomably made up of 1,020 solder joints.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
Repair store iFixit sells most of the same parts, including some individual components, like joystick modules, for those with a solder iron and the will to use it.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
The solder is then melted, bonding the chip to the package.
—Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
These connectors are short lengths of transparent heat-shrink tubing with some solder inside.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
The solder training institute EPTAC says on its website that the amount of lead on solders is likely not going to cause severe health problems, but there's still a risk for workers exposed to lead during the process.
—Medea Giordano, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
Your drink won’t come in contact with the lead solder, which is underneath the cup.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
Initial solutions were crude, with soldiers soldering metal lugs onto their pocket watches in order to hold leather bands.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Chain of fools BMCs are tiny computers soldered into the motherboard of servers that allow cloud centers, and sometimes their customers, to streamline the remote management of vast fleets of servers.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
Wine was also fermented in kettles soldered with lead, which would leach out as the wine aged, Dr. Nriagu said.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
The twentysomething employees seem accustomed to the screeching alarm—some are soldering the drones together, others are tinkering with designs in AutoCAD, one is lounging on a sofa.
—Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
There are no discrete-graphics options, and the memory (soldered on) and storage max out there.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
Typically abbreviated as BMCs, baseboard management controllers are small chips that are soldered onto the motherboard of servers inside data centers.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
While the pandemic slowed some things down, spring break soldered on in the area in 2021, with more than 1,000 arrests being made among partiers.
—USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
Noun
While no longer present in paint and gasoline state-side, lead is still used in batteries, solder, pipes, pottery, roofing materials and some cosmetics, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Current techniques dissolve the silver in nitric acid and use other acids to handle a silicon nitride layer in the panel, as well as some of the minor materials, like solder.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
The Architect’s Classroom features stools that raise and lower, adjustable drafting tables and a wastebasket unfathomably made up of 1,020 solder joints.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
Repair store iFixit sells most of the same parts, including some individual components, like joystick modules, for those with a solder iron and the will to use it.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
The solder is then melted, bonding the chip to the package.
—Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
These connectors are short lengths of transparent heat-shrink tubing with some solder inside.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
The solder training institute EPTAC says on its website that the amount of lead on solders is likely not going to cause severe health problems, but there's still a risk for workers exposed to lead during the process.
—Medea Giordano, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
Your drink won’t come in contact with the lead solder, which is underneath the cup.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2024
Verb
Silver conductors are screen printed onto the wafer surface, and copper conductors are soldered onto the array in a grid pattern.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
Initial solutions were crude, with soldiers soldering metal lugs onto their pocket watches in order to hold leather bands.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Chain of fools BMCs are tiny computers soldered into the motherboard of servers that allow cloud centers, and sometimes their customers, to streamline the remote management of vast fleets of servers.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
Wine was also fermented in kettles soldered with lead, which would leach out as the wine aged, Dr. Nriagu said.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
The twentysomething employees seem accustomed to the screeching alarm—some are soldering the drones together, others are tinkering with designs in AutoCAD, one is lounging on a sofa.
—Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
There are no discrete-graphics options, and the memory (soldered on) and storage max out there.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
Typically abbreviated as BMCs, baseboard management controllers are small chips that are soldered onto the motherboard of servers inside data centers.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
While the pandemic slowed some things down, spring break soldered on in the area in 2021, with more than 1,000 arrests being made among partiers.
—USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
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sol·der
ˈsäd-ər
ˈsȯd-
: a metal or a mixture of metals (as of lead and tin) used when melted to join metallic surfaces
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