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TIME-FUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does time-fuse mean?
• TIME-FUSE (noun)
The noun TIME-FUSE has 1 sense:
1. a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)
Familiarity information: TIME-FUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("time-fuse" is a kind of...):
fuse; fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming (any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant)
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