breaker
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Something that breaks (something else).
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- 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.
- A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
Interjection
- Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
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