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to butt-weld

to butt-weld

8.2
To join two metal pieces end to end by melting their touching ends
  • verb
  • /bʌt-wɛld/
  • Specialized
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  • The two steel pipes were carefully butt-welded to form a continuous line.

Examples

  • Before painting, ensure all seams have been fully butt-welded and smoothed.

  • Fabricators often butt-weld joints for maximum strength in industrial applications.

  • The technician will butt-weld the two metal pieces.

  • We need to butt-weld these pipes together.

  • Fabricators often butt-weld joints to ensure maximum strength and durability.

  • Before painting, ensure that all seams have been properly butt-welded to avoid leaks.

  • The technician plans to butt-weld the metal tubes to create a seamless connection.

Synonyms

to weld
vsto butt-weld
  • Specialized
29 4.6

To join metal pieces by melting and pressing their edges together

is the specific end-to-end, same-plane joining without overlap
to buttweld
vsto butt-weld
  • Specialized
8.8

To join two metal pieces by heating their touching ends until they melt together

is the standard technical term rather than the variant spelling

How Strong

to butt-weld
  • Specialized
8.2
to rivet
  • Specialized
6 5.3
to spot-weld
  • Specialized
1 7.0
to seam
3 3.6

Surface Forms

butt-weld infinitive
butt-welded past
butt-welded past participle
butt-welding present participle
butt-welds third person singular

Morphology

butt-weld = butt weld (semi-transparent) = butt + weld

The verb is a zero-derived use of the technical noun phrase 'butt weld', and the meaning is only partly inferable unless the specialized sense of 'butt' is already known.

Etymology

Butt-weld as a verb comes from butt ('end') and weld ('join metal'), so to butt-weld is to join two metal ends together by welding them in one flat line.