English Dictionary

Definition of “insulate”

insulate (ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt )

to prevent or reduce the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from (a body, device, or region) by surrounding with a nonconducting material
to isolate or detach

C16: from Late Latin insulātus: made into an island

= isolate, protect, screen, defend, shelter, shield, cut off, cushion, cocoon, close off, sequester, wrap up in cotton wool

= cover, wrap, enclose, swathe, encase, sheathe

FORTRESS Europe needs to abandon the folly that trade barriers can insulate it from chill global economic winds.

Sun, News of the World (2001)

If the unoccupied rooms in your house are very cold, then on dull days close the curtains to insulate warmth.

Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley Stay Well This Winter

In the democracy that India is, there is no way to insulate policy-making from politics.

Business Today (1999)

It sounds like you have taken great care to insulate them over the winter.

Glasgow Herald (2001)

The closing in of the weather, the gloom, the sleet, had all conspired to insulate him.

Thomas, Craig The Last Raven

The rarefied atmosphere of Parliament seems to insulate its pampered denizens more and more from the realities faced by the real world.

The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)

This week the Government announced another $3 million for the scheme, enough to insulate another 4400 homes.

New Zealand Herald (2003)

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