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BUTT WELDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butt welding mean? 

BUTT WELDING (noun)
  The noun BUTT WELDING has 1 sense:

1. creating a butt joint by weldingplay

  Familiarity information: BUTT WELDING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTT WELDING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Creating a butt joint by welding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

butt-welding; butt welding

Hypernyms ("butt welding" is a kind of...):

welding (fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butt welding"):

flash butt welding; flash welding (butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe)

Derivation:

butt-weld; buttweld (join by a butt weld)


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