insulate
About 0.59 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To separate, detach, or isolate.
- verb To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.
- adjective Of pollen or spores, with superficial ornamentation grouped in circular or polygonal areas separated by grooves.
Similar words
isolate pinpoint shelter protect segregate oust seal shut off set apart singulate
Often followed by
the themselves them it itself their a himself and him
Word family
insulated insulates insulating
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