How to pronounce weld
American English pronunciation
WELD
- IPA
- /ˈwɛld/
- Syllables
- WELD (1 syllable)
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What weld means
To join pieces of metal by melting them together
In a sentence: The worker will weld the two steel pipes so they never come apart.
Where it comes from: It's an old change of the word well, which once meant to boil or bubble up. It was probably shaped by the form welled.
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Another meaning
A plant once grown to make a bright yellow dye
In a sentence: The dyers grew rows of weld to color their wool a bright lemon yellow.
Where it comes from: It goes back to an Old English plant name and is related to woad, a plant that gives a blue dye. It is a different word from weld, to join metal.
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