'Insulate' definitions:
Definition of 'insulate'
From: WordNet
verb
Protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
verb
Place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]
Definition of 'Insulate'
From: GCIDE
- Insulate \In"su*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer of electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors. [1913 Webster]
- Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bolt,
- close off,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cover,
- cull out,
- cushion,
- cut off,
- detach,
- divide,
- enisle,
- fireproof,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- ground,
- island,
- island-hop,
- isolate,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- lag,
- lay aside,
- pick out,
- preserve,
- proof,
- protect,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- riddle,
- screen,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- sequestrate,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shelter,
- shield,
- sieve,
- sift,
- sort out,
- soundproof,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- waterproof,
- weatherproof,
- winnow,
- wrap