misweld

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noun

A manufacturing defect where a metal joint is welded improperly.

OriginEnglish weld ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

nounmisweld (plural miswelds)

plural miswelds

  1. A manufacturing defect where a metal joint is welded improperly.
verbmisweld (third-person singular simple present miswelds, present participle miswelding, simple past and past participle miswelded)

present singular third person miswelds · participle present miswelding · participle past miswelded · past miswelded

  1. To weld improperly.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishweld
  10. Englishmisweld

From mis- + weld.

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Cite this entry
APA

misweld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misweld

MLA

“misweld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misweld. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misweld,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misweld.

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