1. An opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
   - salutatory address, salutatory oration

Derived forms: salutatories

Type of: oratory

• welcome mat
• welcome wagon
• welcomer
• welcoming
• welcoming committee
• weld
• weldable
• welder
• welder's mask
• welding
• weldment
• welfare
• welfare case
• welfare state
• welfare work
• welfare worker
• welfare-statist
• welfarist
• welkin
• well
• well done
• well I never
• well out
• well over
• well thought out