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icebreaker
/ ˈaɪsˌbreɪkə /
noun
- Also callediceboat a vessel with a reinforced bow for breaking up the ice in bodies of water to keep channels open for navigation
- any tool or device for breaking ice into smaller pieces
- something intended to relieve mutual shyness at a gathering of strangers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of icebreaker1
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Example Sentences
It functions as an icebreaker the same way trust-fall exercises do.
From The Daily Beast
This could replace the ice cream social as the college freshman icebreaker of choice.
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“I thought, ‘What could I do that would immediately try to be an icebreaker with the audience,’” Colbert says.
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As I was anxious to have the experience of smashing through the ice on an icebreaker, I went aboard the Corwin.
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