weld·er

(wĕl′dər)

1. also wel·dor (-dər) A person who welds, especially as a profession.

2. A device that is used for welding.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

welder - joins pieces of metal by welding them together

artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

spot welder, spot-welder - a welder who does spot welding

Translations

لَحّام، عامِل لِحام

svejser

Schweißer

soudeur

hegesztõkészülékhegesztõmunkás

log-/rafsuîumaîur

saldatore saldatrice

sveiseapparat sveiser

zvárač

kaynakçı

焊工焊机

welder

[ˈweldə>ʳ] N → soldador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

welder

[ˈwɛldə^r] n (= person) → soudeur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

welder

n (= person) → Schweißer(in) m(f); (= machine) → Schweißapparat m, → Schweißgerät nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

welder

[ˈwɛldəʳ] n (person) → saldatore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

weld

(weld) verb

to join (pieces of metal) by pressure, often using heat, electricity etc.

noun

a joint made by welding.

ˈwelder noun

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References in classic literature

Here too dwelt those famous smelters and welders who had made the Bordeaux steel the most trusty upon earth, and could give a temper to lance or to sword which might mean dear life to its owner.

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Supervisor locked sleeping welder inside flat

Studies [6-9] have shown that electromagnetic field from all protection zone ranges could be present in the vicinity of HF welders and the personnel not only related with the welder service and operation, but just passing by or having a workplace located near the welding machine could be subjected to EMF exposure with EMF levels significant from the point of view of labor safety [3].

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"Our slogan was, 'Three years, five plays, pass it on,"' says playwright Gwydion Suilebhan, an original Welder who works as director of brand and marketing for D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Staying power: loosely modeled after playwrights collectives before them, the welders pass the torch

Branson Ultrasonics, a business of Emerson, says its new GLX-3 laser welder delivers clean, high-speed welding of large-format plastic parts with more complex geometries to meet the growing needs of automotive, appliance, medical, filtration, and other applications that require particulate-free welds with superior aesthetic quality.

Emerson gets big & complex with its Branson GLX-3 laser welder

To fill the growing number of available jobs in a market where the workforce has shrunk considerably over the past 30 years, you need to eliminate the disconnect that exists between employers, education and prospective employees, and help all parties understand there is a distinct difference between a trained welder and an educated one.

Building a better workforce for today and tomorrow