braze (redirected from brazing)

braze ¹  (brz)

tr.v. brazed, braz·ing, braz·es

1. To make of or decorate with brass.

2. To make hard like brass.

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[Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, from bræs, brass.]

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braze ²  (brz)

tr.v. brazed, braz·ing, braz·es

To solder (two pieces of metal) together using a hard solder with a high melting point.

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[Probably from French braser, from Old French, to burn, from brese, hot coal, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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brazer n.

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braze¹

vb (tr)

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) to decorate with, make like, or make of brass

2. to make like brass, as in hardness

[Old English bræsen, from bræs brass]

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braze²

vb

1. (Engineering / General Engineering) (tr) to make a joint between (two metal surfaces) by fusing a layer of brass or high-melting solder between them

2. (Engineering / General Engineering)

n the high-melting solder or alloy used in brazing

[from Old French: to burn, of Germanic origin; see braise]

brazer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

braze - solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point solder - join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together"

Translations

braze [breɪz] VT → soldar