单词 | loose-fill |
释义 | > as lemmasloose-fill loose-fill n. (also loose fill) a type of house insulation (see quot. 1964); also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [noun] > failure to conduct > substance causing > material planking1875 insulite1882 Micarta1912 loose-fill1950 insulation1969 1949 Building Digest IX. 305 The flat roof has..a loose vermiculite filling.] 1950 Archit. Rev. 108 332/2 A 4 in. thickness of vermiculite loosefill for instance has the same thermal insulation as 24 times that thickness of concrete. 1956 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (ed. 4) 170/2 ‘Loose fill’ which is poured or packed..between the joists. 1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 198 Loose-fill insulation, insulating materials such as granulated cork, loose asbestos..vermiculite. Loose fill is placed between rafters or studs to increase the insulating value of a dry air space. 1969 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 15 Most house~holders can climb into their lofts and lay mineral wool or glass fibre over the joists, or loose-fill between them. < as lemmas |
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