Breaktime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Breaktime is a noun meaning (US) A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
Meaning
(US) A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
More Meanings
- (UK) A break for schoolchildren between lessons.
Example Sentences
Designed by architects working for Norman Foster, it had no playground and no morning breaktime.
The significance of breaktimes as a mechanism for children to develop social competence is highlighted in much of Peter Blatchford's work.
It tends to evaluate the liking for, and the acceptance of, the pupils in their class as peers, rather than asking children to specifically select their friends, breaktime and home companions.
2007, National Labor Relations Board (U.S.) (editor), Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, Volume 346: November 28, 2005—May 8, 2006, page 39, Supervisor Laws asserts that when the incident occurred it was not the breaktime of either Tingler or Parnell. (4:760,789.)
Word Forms
- breaktimes
- break time
Synonyms for breaktime
Depending on context, synonyms include lunchtime, playtime, recess.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include short time, worktime, sunlighting, break, timework, blocktime.
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