fuse

Meaning

Noun

1. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
2. The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
3. A tendency to lose one's temper.
4. A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
5. A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

Verb

To furnish with or install a fuse to (an explosive device) (see Usage notes for noun above).

Verb

1. To liquify by heat; melt.
2. To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
3. To melt together.
4. To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent.
5. To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.
6. To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings

Synonyms

melt

merge

fuze

blend

combine

mix

coalesce

flux

thaw

smelt

liquefy

commingle

meld

dissolve

unite

weld

join

conflate

primer

wick

amalgamate

priming

fusee

liquify

safety fuse

immix

fuzee

caramelize

couple

👫

unthaw

agglomerate

mix together

caramelise

close

unify

electrical fuse

digest

put together

igniter

fusion

mass

associate

connect

kindling

knit

light

lighter

link

🔗

link up

liquidise

liquidize

match

matchstick

melt down

merging

organise

organize

origin

piece

pine

pool

protector

pull together

put through

relate

run

safety pin

🧷

spark plug

stomach

summate

tee

tie

tie in

tinder

totalize

touch

touchwood

twin

unfreeze

F

F

fuse wire

ignitor

confluens

interfusion

linstock

liquate

portfire

sweal

totalise

become liquid

cause to vanish

dethaw

wire fuse

lead wire

fusible cutout

safety wire

backup fuse

fusse

ablate

fuse protector

admix

alloying

annex

ascribe

assimilate

bind

blasting fuse

bond

brand

bridge

bring together

cap

cause

circuit breaker

coalescence

colligate

comfit

commix

complect

compound

concentrate

conjoin

consolidate

cooperate

couple on

cutout

cut-out

defrost

detonator

exploder

found

fry

fuse box

fusing

immingle

incorporate

integrate

interconnect

interfuse

intermingle

intermix

joint

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fjuːz/

Etymology

From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).