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INSULATING MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insulating material mean? 

INSULATING MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun INSULATING MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity

  Familiarity information: INSULATING MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSULATING MATERIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

insulant; insulating material; insulation

Hypernyms ("insulating material" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insulating material"):

lagging (used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat)

corkboard (a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking)


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