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breaker

1

[ brey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that breaks.
  2. a wave that breaks or dashes into foam.
  3. Citizens Band Radio Slang. a person who indicates a wish to transmit a message, as by breaking in on a channel.
  4. Also called breaker strip. Automotive. a strip of fabric under the tread of a pneumatic tire casing, designed to protect the carcass.
  5. Textiles.
    1. a machine that separates the fiber from foreign matter in preparation for the carding process.
  6. Also called prairie breaker. a plow with a long, low moldboard for turning virgin land.
  7. Mining.
    1. a building where coal delivered from a mine is broken up and sorted.
    2. a machine that reduces large lumps of coal or ore to a size that can be accommodated by a conveyor belt.


interjection

  1. 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.)

breaker

2

[ brey-ker ]

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a small water cask for use in a boat.

breaker

1

/ ˈbreɪkə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that breaks something, such as a person or firm that breaks up old cars, etc
  2. a large wave with a white crest on the open sea or one that breaks into foam on the shore
  3. electronics short for circuit breaker
  4. a machine or plant for crushing rocks or coal
  5. Also calledbreaking plough a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
  6. textiles a machine for extracting fibre preparatory to carding
  7. an operator on citizens' band radio
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


breaker

2

/ ˈbreɪkə /

noun

  1. a small water cask for use in a boat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

breaker

/ brākər /

  1. A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.
  2. A circuit breaker.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of breaker1

First recorded in 1125–75; break + -er 1( def )

Origin of breaker2

First recorded in 1825–35; said to be alteration of Spanish bareca, variant of barrica “small keg”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of breaker1

C19: anglicized variant of Spanish barrica , from French (Gascon dialect) barrique
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Synonym Study

See wave.
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Example Sentences

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.

In a separate experiment, they mixed the volcanic soil with the appropriate salts and squirted some water into the bottom of the breaker.

Janet Yellen, the newly-minted Treasury secretary, is a serial glass-ceiling breaker.

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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.

Mixing 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.

Follow with the big breaker--it wants a strong man to keep that share in--as close as you can.

This swashing affects not only the broken part of the waves, but all the water between the outer breaker and the shore.

A 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.

The wind shook the house to its crazy foundations and drove the crest of a breaker against the panes.

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