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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Solder \Sol"der\, noun [Formerly soder; F. soudure, OF. soudeure, fr. OF. & F. souder to solder, L. solidare to fasten, to make solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sawder}.] A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement. Hence, anything which unites or cements.
{Hard solder}, a solder which fuses only at a red heat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc.
{Soft solder}, a solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures; as, plumbers' solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin, is a soft solder.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Solder \Sol"der\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Soldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soldering}.] [Formerlysoder. See {Solder}, noun]
1. To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
2. To mend; to patch up. ''To solder up a broken cause.'' --Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
solder
noun: an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
verb: join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "solder": accouple, accumulate, agglutinate, amass, articulate, assemble, associate, band, bind, blaze, blister, bond, bracket, brand, braze, bridge, bridge over, burn, burn in, burn off, carve, cast, cauterize, cement, chain, char, chase, chisel, clap together, coal, collect, combine, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, couple, cover, crack, cupel, cut, embrace, encompass, engrave, flame, found, fuse, gather, glue, grave, gum, include, insculpture, join, knot, lay together, league, link, lump together, marry, marshal, mass, merge, mobilize, model, mold, oxidate, oxidize, pair, parch, paste, piece together, put together, pyrolyze, roll into one, scorch, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, sear, singe, span, splice, stick together, swinge, take in, tape, tie, torrefy, unify, unite, vesicate, vulcanize, weld, yoke
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