butt-weld

A form of buttweld — To weld by gradually heating the two ends with a weld plate and then joining them under a specific pressure, used to connect parts which are nearly parallel and do not overlap.

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Meanings

verbbutt-weld (third-person singular simple present butt-welds, present participle butt-welding, simple past and past participle butt-welded)

present singular third person butt-welds · participle present butt-welding · participle past butt-welded · past butt-welded

  1. alternativeAlternative form of buttweld.

    The steel sheeting was butt-welded and a cover strip screwed over it to cover the joints.

    1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398
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    One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].

    1959 November, “Talking of Trains: Widening north of York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna butt joint that is welded

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verbjoin by a butt weld

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buttweld

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

butt-weld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butt-weld

MLA

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Chicago

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