insulateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɪn.sjə.leɪt/us/ˈɪn.sə.leɪt/insulate verb [ T ] (COVER)
to cover and surround something with a material or substance in order to stop heat, sound, or electricity from escaping or entering:
You can insulate a house against heat loss by having the windows double-glazed.
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Isolating and separating
- compartmentalize
- cone
- cone sth off
- cordon
- cordon sth off
- cut sb/sth off
- divide
- insulation
- insulator
- intersect
- isolate
- isolation
- screen sth off
- seclude
- segregate
- separate
- separately
- wrench
- wrenching
- zonal
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Electricity & electronics
insulate verb [ T ] (PROTECT)
to protect someone or something from harmful experiences or influences:
Children should be insulated from the horrors of war.
Until recently the country's economy has been insulated from recession by its reserves of raw materials.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mollycoddle
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- wet nurse
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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