breaker Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
ledgeman.
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noun waves breaking on the shore
surf; breakers.
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noun a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
circuit breaker.
WordNet
Break"er noun
Definitions
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One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be no breaker of the law. Shak.
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Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed. -
(Naut.) A small water cask. Totten. -
A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow.
