Definitions for insulates

insulates in·su·late

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

Insulates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 661 anagrams from letters in insulates (aeilnsstu).

Definitions for insulates

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 insulates

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

Examples for insulates

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for insulates
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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