insulation

C2+ Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/ UK /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
material used to prevent the passage of heat, sound, or electricity

New insulation cut their winter heating bill in half.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · material used to prevent... laggingcladdingpadding sheathinginsulator

Opposites

conduction

Word family

Related forms insulateinsulatorisolate insular

Etymology

From insulate + -ion. Insulate derives from Latin insula ('island'), the metaphor being to set apart as on an island.

insula Latin

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Topics

Materials & Substances Architecture & Buildings Word Formation & Derivatives

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# insulation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. material used to prevent the passage of heat, sound, or electricity

## Examples
- New insulation cut their winter heating bill in half.

## Synonyms
- lagging
- cladding
- padding
- sheathing
- insulator

## Antonyms
- conduction

## Related Forms
- insulate
- insulator
- isolate
- insular

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: insula

## Etymology
From insulate + -ion. Insulate derives from Latin insula ('island'), the metaphor being to set apart as on an island.

## AI Etymology
Insulation comes from insulate + -ion. Insulate derives from Latin insula ('island'), the metaphor being to set apart as on an island. The etymological trail includes Latin insula. As a noun, insulation means material used to prevent the passage of heat, sound, or electricity. The same family is visible in related forms such as insulate, insulator, isolate, and insular. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances
- Architecture & Buildings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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