Breaker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɹeɪkə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Breaker is a noun meaning Something that breaks (something else).
Meaning
Something that breaks (something else).
More Meanings
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- (often plural) A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.
- (colloquial) A breakdancer.
- (US, dated) A user of CB radio.
- (electrical engineering) Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
Example Sentences
breaker panel
at the coal breaker
a breaker of men's souls
A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today.
Word Forms
- breakers
Synonyms for breaker
Depending on context, synonyms include destroyer, wrecker, B-boy, B-girl, surf, breakers.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include surf, rupture, splitter, heist, separator, junkyard.
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