INSULATE DEFINED BY DICTIONARY.COM:

insulate - to use a material to cover or go around in order to prevent heat, electricity, etc., from escaping or entering

INSULATE DEFINED BY GOVERNMENT:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The process of preventing or reducing the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from a body, device, or region by surrounding it with a nonconducting material.(Source: CED) (Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), European Topic Centre on Catalogue of Data Sources (ETC/CDS): General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus Term Detail)

INSULATE DEFINED BY TRADE:

National Contractor Referrals and License Bureau
Any material used to reduce the effects of heat, cold or sound transmission and to reduce fire hazard; any material used in the prevention of the transfer of electricity, heat, cold, moisture and sound.

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