fusenoun [ C ]
uk/fjuːz/us/fjuːz/fuse noun [ C ] (SAFETY PART)
a small safety part in an electrical device or piece of machinery that causes it to stop working if the electric current is too high, and so prevents fires or other dangers:
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- chip
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrics
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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fuse noun [ C ] (DEVICE ON EXPLOSIVE)
a string or piece of paper connected to a firework or other explosive product by which it is lit, or a device inside a bomb that causes it to explode after a fixed length of time or when it hits or is near something:
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Fireworks
- banger
- catherine wheel
- firecracker
- firework
- pyrotechnics
- rocket
- Roman candle
- sparkler
- squib
- touchpaper
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Idiom(s)
fuseverb [ I or T ]
uk/fjuːz/us/fjuːz/fuse verb [ I or T ] (JOIN)
to join or become combined:
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Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- conjunction
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fusion
- hitch
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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fuse verb [ I or T ] (MELT)
to (cause to) melt (together) especially at a high temperature:
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- condensation
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- vaporize
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fuse verb [ I or T ] (STOP WORKING)
UK When an electrical device or piece of machinery fuses, or when someone or something fuses it, it stops working because the electric current is too high:
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- chip
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrics
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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