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stick welding

stick welding noun: a method of manual electric welding that uses a consumable flux-covered electrode that forms a slag to protect the weld from oxygen degradation. Also the present participle and gerund of stick weld.

stick welding: a method of manual electric welding that uses a consumable flux-covered electrode that forms a slag...
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Noun

stick welding (uncountable)

  1. A method of manual electric welding that uses a consumable flux-covered electrode that forms a slag to protect the weld from oxygen degradation.
    • Near-synonym: SMAW
    Synonyms:
    SMAW

Also used as

stick welding is also the present participle and gerund of stick weld.

Synonyms of stick welding

Origin of stick welding

From welding using a stick that is consumed to lay the weld.

Questions about stick welding

What does stick welding mean?
Stick welding means a method of manual electric welding that uses a consumable flux-covered electrode that forms a slag to protect the weld from oxygen degradation.
What part of speech is stick welding?
Stick welding is a noun.

Words near stick welding in the dictionary

  1. stick up for
  2. stick up one's ass
  3. stick up one's butt
  4. stick weld
  5. stick welded
  6. stick welding
  7. stick welds
  8. stick with
  9. stick-and-carrot
  10. stick-and-poke
  11. stick-and-pokes

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