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Meaning 1
Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated
Examples
- breaker one nine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
breaker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɹeɪkə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: brāʹkər
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US: /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/
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rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B R EY1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something that breaks (something else).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a breaker of men's souls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: destroyer, wrecker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The building in which such a machine is placed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- at the coal breaker
- A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.
Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrapper, wrecker, knacker, breaker's yard, more at wreck yard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.
Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrapper, wrecker, knacker, breaker's yard, more at wreck yard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.
Ellipsis of horsebreaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrapper, wrecker, knacker, breaker's yard, more at wreck yard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A breakdancer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: B-boy, B-girl
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A user of CB radio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- breaker panel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circuit breaker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse
noun
Meaning 14
waves breaking on the shore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: surf, breakers
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wave, moving ridge
noun
Meaning 15
a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ledgeman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quarryman, quarrier
Narrower terms: stone breaker
History
Etymology
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
Probably from Spanish barrica (“barrel”). Doublet of barrique.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: murskaaja — something that breaks
- Finnish: murskain — something that breaks
- French: casseur — something that breaks
- German: Kaputtmacher — something that breaks
- Ancient Greek: θραύστης (thraústēs) — something that breaks
- Japanese: 破壊者 (hakaisha) — something that breaks
- Marathi: तोडणारा (toḍṇārā) — something that breaks
- Marathi: तोडणारे (toḍṇāre) — something that breaks
- Marathi: तोडणारी (toḍṇārī) — something that breaks
- Polish: łamacz — something that breaks
- Russian: разруши́тель (razrušítelʹ) — something that breaks
- Russian: уничтожи́тель (uničtožítelʹ) — something that breaks
- Sanskrit: दर्मन् (darman) — something that breaks
- Bulgarian: трошачка (trošačka) — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Finnish: murskain — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- French: concasseuse — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- German: Brecher — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Japanese: 破砕機 (hasaiki) — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Marathi: भंजक (bhañjak) — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Polish: maszyna łamiąca kamienie — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Romanian: concasor — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Russian: дроби́лка (drobílka) — machine for breaking rocks or coal
- Polish: budynek z maszyną łamiącą kamienie — building containing such a machine
- Russian: дроби́лка (drobílka) — building containing such a machine
- Bulgarian: буренце (burence) — small cask of water in case of shipwreck
- Polish: baryłka ratunkowa — small cask of water in case of shipwreck
- Russian: анкеро́к (ankerók) — small cask of water in case of shipwreck
- Azerbaijani: ləpədöyən — wave
- Bulgarian: разбиваща се вълна (razbivašta se vǎlna) — wave
- Danish: styrtsø — wave
- Faroese: brotasjógvur — wave
- Finnish: hyökyaalto — wave
- French: brisant — wave
- French: lame — wave
- German: Brecher — wave
- Ancient Greek: ῥόθιον (rhóthion) — wave
- Ancient Greek: ῥηγμῑ́ν (rhēgmī́n) — wave
- Icelandic: brotsjór — wave
- Icelandic: brimgarður — wave
- Irish: maidhm — wave
- Irish: maidhm thoinne — wave
- Italian: cavallone — wave
- Italian: maroso — wave
- Māori: puhitai — wave
- Māori: tūātea — wave
- Norwegian Bokmål: brottsjø — wave
- Norwegian Bokmål: styrtsjø — wave
- Norwegian Nynorsk: brottsjø — wave
- Norwegian Nynorsk: styrtsjø — wave
- Polish: grzywacz — wave
- Polish: bałwan — wave
- Russian: буру́н (burún) — wave
- Scottish Gaelic: bodha — wave
- Scottish Gaelic: garbh-thonn — wave
- Scottish Gaelic: stuagh — wave
- Scottish Gaelic: bàirlinn — wave
- Spanish: cachón — wave
- Swedish: brottsjö — wave
- Ottoman Turkish: طالاز (talaz) — wave
- Ukrainian: прибій (prybij) — wave
- Ukrainian: бурун (burun) — wave
- Welsh: moryn — wave
- Welsh: beiston — wave
Real reading context