butt-weld

Questions about butt-weld

What does butt-weld mean?

butt-weld means "a butt joint that is welded". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in butt-weld?

butt-weld has 2 syllables: but-t-weld. The stress falls on "but".

What is another word for butt-weld?

Close synonyms include butt weld, buttweld. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is butt-weld a common word?

butt-weld is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.