weldverb [ T ]
uk/weld/us/weld/weld verb [ T ] (JOIN METAL)
to join two pieces of metal together permanently by melting the parts that touch:
Iron spikes have been welded (on) to the railings around the embassy.
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Chemistry: metals & metalworking
- amalgam
- arc welding
- brass
- cast iron
- Duralumin
- ferromagnetic
- ferromagnetism
- gilt
- hallmark
- heavy metal
- magnetic
- magneto
- metallurgy
- metalwork
- pewter
- soldering iron
- spot-welding
- titanium
- tungsten
- welder
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weld verb [ T ] (JOIN PEOPLE)
to make separate people into a group who can work together successfully:
He is a born leader, who welded a collection of gifted individualists into a real team.
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- apply
- associate
- associated
- bond
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
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weldnoun [ C ]
uk/weld/us/weld/a joint made by welding
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Chemistry: metals & metalworking
- amalgam
- arc welding
- brass
- cast iron
- Duralumin
- ferromagnetic
- ferromagnetism
- gilt
- hallmark
- heavy metal
- magnetic
- magneto
- metallurgy
- metalwork
- pewter
- soldering iron
- spot-welding
- titanium
- tungsten
- welder
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