Definitions for fuze

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Spelling: [fyooz]

IPA: /fyuz/

Fuze is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in fuze (efuz).

Definitions for fuze

noun

1. a mechanical or electronic device to detonate an explosive charge, especially as contained in an artillery shell, a missile, projectile, or the like.
2. fuse1 (def 1).

verb (used with object)

1. Also, fuse. to attach a fuse or fuze to (a bomb, mine, etc.).

Origin of fuze

First recorded in 1635-45; variant of fuse¹

Examples for fuze

The main trouble with this fuze, however, was that it did not always ignite!

fuze—a device to ignite the charge of a shell or other projectile.

Their efficacy is in their recoil and the "graze" fuze they use.

The ends of the match were crossed into a sort of rosette at the head of the fuze.

If the fuze had to be withdrawn, there was a fuze extractor for the job.

By the process of ramming, the electrical resistance of the fuze is regulated.

The action of this fuze will be readily understood from the plan of the fuze at Fig. 16.

The mortar did not use a wad, because a wad prevented the fuze of the shell from igniting.

A short piece of fuze that had been placed in the touch-hole of the gun was ignited.

Over this ring the top of the fuze case was marked in seconds.