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breaker

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Noun

  1. Something that breaks (something else).
  2. A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
  3. The building in which such a machine is placed.
  4. A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard: Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
  5. A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard: Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
  6. A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard: Ellipsis of horsebreaker.
  7. 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
  8. A breakdancer.
  9. A user of CB radio.
  10. Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
  11. A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.

Interjection

  1. Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.

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