Fuze

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  • noun & verb . undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See fuse.
  • Simplified spellings of fuse, fusion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See fuse, n.
  • noun. a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion.
  • noun. a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile.
  • noun. a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current.
  • noun. a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. See fuzee{1}.
  • noun. a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound.
  • noun. a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An alternative spelling of fuse in the sense of a detonator.
  • verb. To attach a fuze or similar detonator.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
  • Word Usage
    "All shells, unless otherwise ordered, are fitted and issued from the shell-houses with the 5-seconds fuze, which is to be regarded as the general working fuze."
    Form
    fuzeren  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    igniter  ignitor  light  lighter  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    variant
    fuse  
    verb-form
    fuzed  fuzes  fuzing