breaker
1a person or thing that breaks.
a wave that breaks or dashes into foam.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. a person who indicates a wish to transmit a message, as by breaking in on a channel.
Also called breaker strip .Automotive. a strip of fabric under the tread of a pneumatic tire casing, designed to protect the carcass.
Textiles.
a machine that separates the fiber from foreign matter in preparation for the carding process.
Also called prairie breaker . a plow with a long, low moldboard for turning virgin land.
Electricity. circuit breaker (def. 1).
Mining.
a building where coal delivered from a mine is broken up and sorted.
a machine that reduces large lumps of coal or ore to a size that can be accommodated by a conveyor belt.
a break dancer.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. (used to announce that a person is about to transmit a message or question on a channel, especially one already in use.)
Origin of breaker
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Other definitions for breaker (2 of 2)
a small water cask for use in a boat.
Origin of breaker
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How to use breaker in a sentence
Like other barrier-breakers before him, Colfer suffered his share of doubters.
Chris Colfer on Writing, Acting, and the Pain of Being A Pop Culture Trailblazer | Oliver Jones | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn just one day in 782, “Charlemagne ordered no fewer than 4,500 Saxons decapitated” because they were oath-breakers.
How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation | William O’Connor | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen you reach your goal, you get paid out of a common pool funded by yourself and other pact-breakers.
4 Science-Backed Ways to Motivate Yourself to Work Out | DailyBurn | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers plan where to paddle into the surf off Black's Beach to catch a wave when the big breakers start rolling in.
The historian Michael Smith told the Mail that the work of women code breakers had only recently received proper recognition.
Kate Middleton’s Code-Breaking Granny: Duchess Uncovers Wartime Secrets | Tim Teeman | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The breakers from the masthead, bearing south-east, distant eight or nine miles.
Beyond and around them the sea was smooth and to the southward another patch of breakers was observed.
The coast is fringed with an uninterrupted line of breakers.
After that, Jack was obliged to let go his anchor within sound of breakers, and his fight with death lasted all night.
The Chequers | James RuncimanThe wise man, when the waves smile, ought to know how to behave; in the breakers he must go slow.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
British Dictionary definitions for breaker (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbreɪkə) /
a person or thing that breaks something, such as a person or firm that breaks up old cars, etc
a large wave with a white crest on the open sea or one that breaks into foam on the shore
electronics short for circuit breaker
a machine or plant for crushing rocks or coal
Also called: breaking plough a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
textiles a machine for extracting fibre preparatory to carding
an operator on citizens' band radio
British Dictionary definitions for breaker (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbreɪkə) /
a small water cask for use in a boat
Origin of breaker
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for breaker
[ brā′kər ]
A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.
A circuit breaker.
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