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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
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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