stick welding

English

Stick welding

Stick welding

Stick welding

Etymology

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

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.

Synonyms

• shielded metal arc welding / SMAW

Hypernyms

• arc welding
• welding

Hyponyms

• manual metal arc welding / MMAW / MMA
• gravity arc welding / gravity welding
• massive electrode welding
• firecracker welding

Coordinate terms

• flux-cored arc welding

Derived terms

• stick weld
• stick-welded
• stick welder

Related terms

• TIG welding
• MIG welding

Verb

stick welding

1. present participle and gerund of stick weld

See also

• Category:manual metal arc welding on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• shielded metal arc welding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia