surge protector

American  

noun

1. a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.

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surge protector Scientific  

1. A device, typically portable and containing its own electrical outlets, used to provide regulated electric power for other electric devices. Surge protectors get their power from standard household or industrial electrical sources and contain circuitry that prevents damaging or disruptive spikes or surges in the source voltage from reaching the devices plugged into them.

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Example Sentences

“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But I do have it plugged into a good surge protector.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

Seid, who led the surge protector and data-center equipment maker Tripp Lite for more than half a century, has been almost unknown outside a small circle of political and cultural recipients.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2022

The best way to stop wasting that money is to turn those items off at the outlet using a surge protector.

From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 21, 2018

His travel kit holds a surge protector, cheesecloth, twine, trash bags, Texas Pete pepper sauce, two varieties of saffron, and peppercorns.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2015