WELDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does welder mean? 

• WELDER (noun)
  The noun WELDER has 1 sense:

1. joins pieces of metal by welding them together

  Familiarity information: WELDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joins pieces of metal by welding them together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("welder" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "welder"):

spot-welder; spot welder (a welder who does spot welding)

Derivation:

weld (join together by heating)

 Context examples 

You might have metal in your body if you have a shrapnel or bullet injury or if you are a welder.

(MRI Scans, NIH)

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.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)