Meaning of Fuse | Babel Free
fjuːzDefinitions
- A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
- A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
- An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end.
- The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
- A tendency to lose one's temper.
- A kind of match for starting a fire:
- A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
- A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
Equivalents
Examples
“The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee⟳ the explosion.”
“When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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