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Breaker (reef)
WordNet
noun
(1) A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
(2) Waves breaking on the shore
(3) A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Something that breaks.
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- A small cask of water kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck
- 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
- A breakdancer.
Synonyms
- (something that breaks):
- (machine for breaking rocks or coal):
- (small cask of water in case of shipwreck):
- (building containing such a machine):
- (wave):
- (breakdancer): B-boy (male), B-girl (female), breakdancer