FUSEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fusee mean? 

• FUSEE (noun)
  The noun FUSEE has 4 senses:

1. a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

2. a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains

3. a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind

4. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

  Familiarity information: FUSEE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUSEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fusee; fusee drive

Hypernyms ("fusee" is a kind of...):

drive (a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine)

Holonyms ("fusee" is a part of...):

clock (a timepiece that shows the time of day)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fusee; fuzee

Hypernyms ("fusee" is a kind of...):

flare (a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fusee; fuzee

Hypernyms ("fusee" is a kind of...):

friction match; lucifer; match (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fuse; fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming

Hypernyms ("fusee" is a kind of...):

igniter; ignitor; light; lighter (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fusee"):

detonating fuse (a fuse containing an explosive)

safety fuse (a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance)

time-fuse (a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb))