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spot-welder

spot-welder

6.2
A person who joins metal parts by heating small points to melt them together
  • noun
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  • The factory hired a skilled spot-welder to join the metal parts of their new assembly line.

Examples

  • As a spot-welder, he was responsible for ensuring that all connections were strong and durable.

  • The spot-welder expertly fused the pieces of metal together, creating a seamless bond.

  • Let's now get the spot welder out and let's try to spot Weld some nickel plate on here just to maybe give it a little bit of a better contact or possibly a little bit of strength.

  • So we need to spot Weld this Samsung battery in and I'm going to be using my new fancy spot welder that I got from Aliexpress about three months back.

Synonyms

welder
vsspot-welder
25 2.7

A person who joins pieces of metal using heat

is limited to joining metal by focused small-point heat rather than general methods
spot welder
vsspot-welder
6.0

A person who joins metal sheets by using electricity to heat small points

is the same meaning but written with a hyphen

Surface Forms

spot-welder singular
spot-welders plural

Morphology

spot-welder = spot-weld (transparent) = spot + weld + er

Built from the verb 'spot-weld' with the agentive suffix '-er', the formation directly denotes a person who performs spot welding.

Etymology

Spot-welder comes from the parts spot ('small place') and weld ('join metal'), so it simply names a worker who joins metal at little points. A helpful image is a hot dot that melts and fuses two metal pieces together, which is exactly what a spot-welder does.