soldering iron
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈsɒdərɪŋ ˈaɪərn/
- Specialized
:
soldador
- One fall, I was putting together a transistor radio, using a soldering iron in my dorm room.
Yeah, or maybe with a soldering iron.
- Yeah, or maybe with a soldering iron.
Examples
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For my electronics project, I used a soldering iron to join the wires together.
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Let's fire up the soldering iron and get to work, shall we?
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Do you have a soldering iron?
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Junior, get the soldering iron.
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Now we need our soldering iron and our Wick.
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"Don't you have a soldering iron?"
Fiction book (1997) -
The soldering iron should have a small tip and should be between 25 to 40 watts.
Academic text (1993) -
Don't worry, it's nothing that a soldering iron and a screw driver can't fix.
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In 2011, simple UAVs are practically out of the box for anyone with a soldering iron, some epoxy, and a free weekend.
Academic text (2011) -
She could still see him bent over his immaculate workbench in his white shirt and tie, wielding a soldering iron like a surgeon.
Fiction book (1995)
How Hot
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun-noun compound is transparently compositional: 'soldering' names the activity/process of joining metals with solder and 'iron' denotes a metal tool, so the phrase literally means an iron used for soldering. This straightforward English compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely infer the correct meaning.
Etymology
Soldering iron paints a simple picture: a hot metal tool whose tip melts solder so two metal parts 'join' together, and iron here just means a metal tool. So, 'soldering iron' means the hand tool with a hot tip used to melt solder to connect metal pieces.