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spot welder

spot welder

6.0
A person who joins metal sheets by using electricity to heat small points
  • noun
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  • Being a spot welder requires precision and attention to detail in every joint.

Examples

  • After completing his training, he began working as a spot welder at the local factory.

  • The factory hired a skilled spot welder to improve the efficiency of their assembly line.

  • -He's probably a spot welder.

    Bird on a Wire (1990)

  • Well, I've got my spot welder charging up here.

  • I left Hollywood High School in June 1942 and went to work at North American Aviation in Inglewood, Calif., as a spot welder from June to December.

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Synonyms

welder
vsspot welder
25 2.7

A person who joins pieces of metal using heat

refers to joining metals at small local points in industrial work
spot-welder
vsspot welder
6.2

A person who joins metal parts by heating small points to melt them together

is the same job but written without a hyphen

Surface Forms

spot welder singular
spot welders plural

Morphology

spot + welder

This is a straightforward noun-noun compound: a B1 learner who knows 'spot' (a particular point/location) and 'welder' (a worker who joins metals) can infer that a 'spot welder' is a welder who performs welding at specific spots (i.e., spot welding). The composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

The compound noun spot welder comes from the simple image of a spot, meaning a small point, and a welder, a person who uses heat to 'join' metal. Spot welding uses quick heat to join metal at small points, so a spot welder is a worker who joins metal at those spots.