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tack weld

tack weld verb: to position and secure pieces of work using small welded joints at isolated points (typically, in preparation for the final weld).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To position and secure pieces of work using small welded joints at isolated points (typically, in preparation for the final weld).
    • Three rolled sheets are clamped together and to a form and are then tack welded into place.1923 June, “Fabricating Storage Tanks by Oxy-Acetylene Welding”, in Acetylene Journal

Noun

tack weld (plural tack welds)

  1. A small, isolated weld used to position and secure pieces of work (typically, in preparation for the final weld).
    • A large number of very small tack welds should be used on thin metal sections, while a few larger tack welds may be used for thicker metal parts.2011, Larry Jeffus, “Fabricating Techniques and Practices”, in Welding: Principles and Applications

tack weld meaning in Tamil

tack weld in Tamil

ஒருதளத் தனித்தனிப் பற்றுவைப்பு

Forms of tack weld

Verb
third-person singular presenttack welds
present participletack welding
past participletack welded
pasttack welded
alternative formtack-weld
Noun
pluraltack welds

Questions about tack weld

What does tack weld mean?
Tack weld means to position and secure pieces of work using small welded joints at isolated points (typically, in preparation for the final weld).
What is tack weld in Tamil?
Tack weld in Tamil is ஒருதளத் தனித்தனிப் பற்றுவைப்பு. See Tack weld meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tack weld?
Tack weld can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of tack weld?
The past tense of tack weld is tack welded.

Words near tack weld in the dictionary

  1. tack lifters
  2. tack room
  3. tack rooms
  4. tack together
  5. tack up
  6. tack weld
  7. tack welded
  8. tack welding
  9. tack welds
  10. tack-ravan
  11. tack-ravans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tack weld (page history and authors); tack weld (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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