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TIME-FUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time-fuse mean? 

TIME-FUSE (noun)
  The noun TIME-FUSE has 1 sense:

1. a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)play

  Familiarity information: TIME-FUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIME-FUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("time-fuse" is a kind of...):

fuse; fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming (any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant)


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