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
This year’s crop of top singles agree that confidence is a turn on and bad breath is a deal breaker.
While Graham provided much of the funding, the critical push for the Summer Youth Olympics was spearheaded by the larger dancing community, not the breakers.
How break dancing made the leap from ’80s pop culture to the Olympic stage | Rick Maese | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostIn a separate experiment, they mixed the volcanic soil with the appropriate salts and squirted some water into the bottom of the breaker.
Mars’s mascara-like streaks may be caused by slush and landslides | Charlie Wood | February 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceJanet Yellen, the newly-minted Treasury secretary, is a serial glass-ceiling breaker.
As the name suggests, the new product is only available in a hardwired option – which could be a deal breaker for some.
It's not necessarily a deal-breaker, but it is kind of a top priority.
There is such a thing in presidential primary politics as a single-issue deal-breaker.
Be the Smarter Bush Brother, Jeb: Don’t Run! | Michael Tomasky | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMixing meat and dairy is a kosher rule-breaker, so they switched the cheese for potatoes.
For Aga Malarczyk, 37, one of more than 50,000 Polish citizens living in Scotland, this is a deal breaker.
Ariana Grande, leader of men and breaker of chains, makes quick work of the sad cages and frees her friends.
Ariana Grande’s Gay-Friendly Intergalactic Dance Party | Amy Zimmerman | August 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFollow with the big breaker--it wants a strong man to keep that share in--as close as you can.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossThis swashing affects not only the broken part of the waves, but all the water between the outer breaker and the shore.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerA small keg, or breaker, was thrown overboard and picked up, with a bag of fifteen or twenty pounds of hardtack.
And then, through a V in the sandhills, the sea had appeared, and the lazy crash of a breaker had been heard.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsThe wind shook the house to its crazy foundations and drove the crest of a breaker against the panes.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman Duncan
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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