insulate

Verb
Synonyms: isolate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material“We had his bedroom insulated before winter came”
  2. place or set apart“They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates”Synonyms: isolate
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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