electrical fuse

1. 1.

   an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

   Synonymsfusesafety fuse

   Broaderelectrical device

   Narrowercartridge fusecircuit breakerplug fuse

Questions about electrical fuse

What does electrical fuse mean?

electrical fuse means "an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded".

What is another word for electrical fuse?

Close synonyms include fuse, safety fuse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electrical fuse a common word?

electrical fuse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.