different between insulated vs esky

English

Adjective

insulated (comparative more insulated, superlative most insulated)

1. Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
2. Placed or set apart.

   an insulated house or column

   • 1846, Thomas De Quincey, On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)

     the special and insulated situation of the Jews

3. (of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
4. (astronomy, dated) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable.

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Verb

insulated

1. simple past tense and past participle of insulate

Anagrams

• nidulates, tasuldine

English

Etymology

From Esky (“brand name”), a brand name originally owned by Malley's Ltd, of Sydney, Australia, from 1952; since genericised. From esk(imo) +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ki?/

Noun

esky (plural eskies)

1. (Australia) An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 211:

     Instructions followed for the package to be covered with clean ice in a six-pack esky (which should be big enough), and stored in a cool room at the hotel or the butcher shop, until the arrival of the mail plane.

Synonyms

• (insulated cooler): car fridge, chilly bin (NZ), cool box, cooler (US), icebox

See also

• Eskie

Anagrams

• Keys, Skye, keys, kyes, skye, syke, yesk