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The correct spelling is fuse.
How to pronounce fuse
noun
IPA: /fjuːz/
Say it like: Fus-e
The correct spelling is fuse. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device. For example: "When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse."
Usage Examples
“When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.”
Meanings
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.
- 3.A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
- 4.Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
- 5.A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
verb
- 1.To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
- 2.To melt together.
- 3.To furnish with or install a fuse.
- 4.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
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