insulate
pronunciation
How to pronounce insulate in British English:
UK [ˈɪnsjuleɪt]
How to pronounce insulate in American English:
US [ˈɪnsəleɪt]
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- Verb:
- protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material
- place or set apart
Word Origin
- insulate (v.)
- 1530s, "make into an island," from Latin insulatus, from insula (see insular). Sense of "cause a person or thing to be detached from surroundings" is from 1785. Electrical/chemical sense of "block from electricity or heat" is from 1742. Related: Insulated; insulating.
Example
- 1. Use a cover to insulate the water heater .
- 2. Congress doesn 't want to ' insulate a legislator from the personal and economic interests that his or her constituency , or society in general , has in governmental decisions and policy , ' the rules say .
- 3. Insulate the garage , attic and basement with natural , nontoxic materials like reclaimed blue jeans .
- 4. Likewise , genes involved in making the myelin sheaths that insulate nerve cells go wrong in both schizophrenic and bipolar patients .
- 5. The demands from others to share their wealth become so tiresome , so insistent , they often decide they must insulate themselves .