breaker
1- a 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.
- brake1(def 5).
- 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.
- 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
1Synonyms for breaker
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.combreaker
2- a small water cask for use in a boat.
Origin of breaker
2Examples from the Web for breaker
Contemporary Examples of breaker
Ariana Grande, leader of men and breaker of chains, makes quick work of the sad cages and frees her friends.
“If you are breaker of taboos, then anti-Semitism is only another taboo, no different from any other,” she writes.
“Naming your kid Hunter or Breaker is like saying f--k you to the world that invented feminism,” said Richmond.
Historical Examples of breaker
And from being a keeper of the law he is converted into a breaker of it?
The RepublicPlato
Through sable sea and breaker white, the giant game to play.
The Universal ReciterVarious
Roma was lifted off her feet by the breaker of human beings201 that surged around.
The Eternal CityHall Caine
I had two men with me, a bag of biscuits, a few tins of meat, and a breaker of water.
YouthJoseph Conrad
Not a soul, unless some one saw you coming into the breaker!
The Call of the Beaver PatrolV. T. Sherman
breaker
1- 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
breaker
2- a small water cask for use in a boat
Word Origin for breaker
Word Origin and History for breaker
"heavy ocean wave," 1680s, agent noun from break (v.). Related: Breakers.
breaker
- A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.
- A circuit breaker.