insulate

Verb

Meaning

To make an island of.

To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

To prevent the transfer o/ electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

isolate island guard cloister fireproof caulk keep separate coat cover protect screen save secure isolated
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Antonyms

alarm expose forage uncover bully mingle
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Hypernyms

change separate alter modify discriminate single out

Hyponyms

cloister maroon withdraw quarantine sequester segregate

Related terms

peninsula isolation insulation insular insulable

Phrases with the word

tape used to insulate electrical wires

Derivatives

insulated insulating

Examples

They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates Source: Internet

We had his bedroom insulated before winter came Source: Internet

Adding the polymer helps insulate the heated metal (usually particles, not film) to help apply the heat to the food more than to other surroundings. Source: Internet

Even before he took office as secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, Houlin Zhao, at right, had sought to insulate China from agreed practices on governing the internet. Source: Internet

For years labor scholars, many sympathetic to the goals of organized labor, shied away from the question of the extent to which unionization of police forces tends to insulate misbehaving police from accountability. Source: Internet

It occurs when the macrophages of an individual's own immune system damage the myelin sheaths that insulate the axon of the nerve. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

insularly insulary insulatard insulate yourself insulated insulated base layer