insulate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
We had his bedroom insulated before winter came
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- weatherstrip hyponym
- soundproof hyponym
Related & opposite
- insulation derivation
- insulator derivation
- insulating material derivation
Sense 2 verb
place or set apart
They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
Types & categories
- discriminate hypernym
- segregate hyponym
- ghettoize hyponym
- cloister hyponym
- sequestrate hyponym
- quarantine hyponym
- maroon hyponym
Related & opposite
- isolation derivation
- insulation derivation
- isolable derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulating material |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weatherstrip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soundproof |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discriminate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | segregate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ghettoize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloister |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sequestrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarantine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | maroon |