Definition of Breaker

1. Noun. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.

Exact synonyms: Ledgeman
Generic synonyms: Quarrier, Quarryman
Specialized synonyms: Stone Breaker
Derivative terms: Break, Break

2. Noun. Waves breaking on the shore.
Exact synonyms: Breakers, Surf
Generic synonyms: Moving Ridge, Wave
Derivative terms: Break, Surf

3. Noun. A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded.
Exact synonyms: Circuit Breaker
Generic synonyms: Electrical Fuse, Fuse, Safety Fuse
Derivative terms: Break

Definition of Breaker

1. n. One who, or that which, breaks.

Definition of Breaker

1. Noun. Something that breaks. ¹

2. Noun. A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines ¹

3. Noun. The building in which such a machine is placed. ¹

4. Noun. A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck. ¹

5. Noun. A person who specializes in breaking things. ¹

6. Noun. (chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard ¹

7. Noun. (colloquial) A breakdancer. ¹

8. Noun. A user of CB radio. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Breaker

1. one that breaks [n -S] - See also: breaks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breaker

breakbone fever
breakbulk
breakcore
breakdance
breakdanced
breakdancer
breakdancers
breakdances
breakdancing
breakdown
breakdown point
breakdown points
breakdowns
breake
breaked
breaker (current term)
breaker point
breakers
breakers yard
breakest
breaketh
breakeven
breakeven load factor
breakeven load factors
breakeven point
breakeven points
breakevens
breakfast
breakfast area
breakfast bar

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