NOUN
- insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
How To Use insulant In A Sentence
- - Terra cotta is a much better insulant than metal, so less heat is lost from a terra cotta stove. 7. Building Instructions
- This air, which is still the most effective insulant known today, limits variations in temperature between the exterior and the interior of the car. Jalopnik
- Including organic matter (fibers, charcoal) with the clay makes terra cotta a better insulant. 7. Building Instructions
- But tinted windows not only saves on your interior but acts as an insulant on the glass, which obviously helps when you're running the air conditioner. CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008
- - An insulant cover dropped over the pot and the top of the stove could make use of retained heat for slow cooking long after the fire is dead (Fig. 7-48). 7. Building Instructions
- a mockbelief insulant, ending none meer hyber irish. Finnegans Wake
- It performs both as an insulant and as a thermal-mass and it locks up carbon as it grows. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
- Wood is quieter at sea, and a good insulant, so there are no condensation problems. Times, Sunday Times
