Added 9 October 2026
weld
/wɛld/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about weld at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America.
- United States abolitionist (1803-1895).
- A metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together.
verb
Origin
From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.
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