Definitions for insulate

insulate in·su·late

Spelling: [in-suh-leyt, ins-yuh-]
IPA: /ˈɪn səˌleɪt, ˈɪns yə-/

Insulate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 511 anagrams from letters in insulate (aeilnstu).

Definitions for insulate

verb (used with object)

  1. to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
  2. to place in an isolated situation or condition; segregate.

Origin of insulate

First recorded in 1530-40, insulate is from the Latin word insulātus made into an island. See insula, -ate1

Examples for insulate

We are to be conductors of the Divine energy; not to insulate it.

These, when dry, insulate almost, but not quite as well as solid paraffin.

With Watergate closing in, Nixon fired Haldeman and Ehrlichman in a fruitless effort to insulate himself.

The perils of a heroin addiction for a user who is without the means to "insulate" themselves from disease and crime are many.

We insulate ourselves from such natural volatility at our own peril.

By means of the ribbon he held the cord to insulate it from his hand.

I frankly don't know how we could insulate the peas from the effects of the saltpetre.

Be sure to insulate all joints and wires well inside the box.

Both candidates push the zombie notion that an energy-independent U.S. can insulate itself from global disruptions.

They also insulate and isolate conservatives from real-world policy debates.

Word Value for insulate
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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