breaker.
Something that breaks (something else).
Meaning & usage
Something that breaks (something else).
a breaker of men's souls
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
The building in which such a machine is placed.
at the coal breaker
A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today.
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Ellipsis of horsebreaker.
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
A breakdancer.
A user of CB radio.
Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
breaker panel
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
breaker one nine
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Spanish barrica (“barrel”). Doublet of barrique.
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