• Break (locksmithing)
  Break (Locksmithing)
  In locksmithing, a break in the pins is a separation in one or more sections of the pin used to encode the lock for a specific key or set of keys in a master keying system....
  
  
• Recess (break), a general term for a period of time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties
• Break (work)
  Break (work)
  A break at work is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from his/her job. There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer's policies, the break may or may not be paid....
  
  , time off during a shift
  • Coffee break
    Coffee Break
    Coffee Break is an online book on the NCBI Bookshelf created and maintained by staff at NCBI, a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The book consists of small chapters which are each written about a different topic in the world of Biomedicine. There are currently 32 chapters, and it was...
    
    , a daily social gathering for a snack and short downtime practiced by employees in business and industry
• Annual leave
  Annual leave
  Annual leave is paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes. Depending on the employer's policies, differing number of days may be offered, and the employee may be required to give a certain amount of advance notice, may have to coordinate with...
  
   (holiday/vacation), paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes
• Break (music)
  Break (music)
  In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece....
  
  , a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
• Section break, in type setting
• Commercial break, in television and radio

Sports

• Break (snooker), the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
• Break
  Breaking ball
  In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter. A pitcher who uses primarily breaking ball pitches is often referred to as a junkballer. A breaking ball will have some sideways or downward motion on it...
  
  , a deviation of a pitched baseball from a regular path resulting from spin put on it by a pitcher
• Break (surfing), place where a wave collapses into surf
• Break, a basic air combat maneuver
• Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden

Technology

• break statement, a keyword in computer programming for flow control
• Break key
  Break key
  The origins of the break key on a computer keyboard go back to telegraph practices. A standard telegraph key has a built-in knife switch that can be used to short the key's contacts. When the key was not in use, that switch was kept closed, so that a signal was continually sent...
  
  , a special key on computer keyboards
• Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication
• Break, or Brake (carriage)
  Brake (carriage)
  A brake , was a horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries in the training of horses for draft work...
  
  , a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Entertainment

• Break.com
  Break.com
  Break.com is a humor website founded in 1998 that features comedy videos, flash games, and pictures among other material. The chief executive officer of Break is Steve Boss...
  
  , a popular college humor website
• Break (Mamoru Miyano album), 2009
• Break (Enchant album)
  Break (Enchant album)
  Break is the fourth studio album by the American progressive rock band Enchant. It was released 1998.- Track listing :# "Break" – 5:04# "King" – 4:33# "My Enemy" – 6:58# "Defenseless" – 4:54# "The Lizard" – 4:44...
  
  
• "Break" (Bottom), an episode of the British television sitcom Bottom
• The Break (band)
  The Break (band)
  The Break is an alternative rock band from Park Ridge, Illinois. The band consists of four members: Paul Ansani , Sean Cahill-Lemme , Matt Gieser , and Miles Malin...
  
  , the Chicago alternative rock band
• "Break" (song)
  Break (song)
  "Break" is the first single from Three Days Grace's third album, Life Starts Now. The single was released on September 1, 2009 at 6:45 pm EST for radio play as well as on -Release and chart performance:...
  
  , a 2009 song by Three Days Grace from the album Life Starts Now
• "Break", a song by somedaydream
• "Break", a song by Alanis Morissette on the album Flavors of Entanglement
  Flavors of Entanglement
  Flavors of Entanglement is the seventh studio album, fifth international release and last Maverick Records release by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album, which was originally set for an April release, was released May 30, 2008 in Germany, Benelux and Ireland, released...
  
  
• Break (film)
  Break (film)
  Break is a 2008 action film starring Chad Everett, Sarah Thompson, Michael Madsen and James Russo.-Plot:A terminally ill crime boss, known only as The Man, hires a hit man named Frank to carry out his own assassination as well as the assassination of The Woman he loves...
  
  , a 2008 American film
• Break (Transformers)
  Break (Transformers)
  Break is the name of a fictional character within in the Transformers series. He is a heroic Maximal who turns into a penguin. Break first appeared as part of the Beast Wars Neo anime series voiced by Junko Takeuchi.-Beast Wars Neo:...
  
  , a fictional character in the Transformers series
• "Break", a re-occurring spell in Final Fantasy
  Final Fantasy
  is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
  
  
• A character appearing in the manga and anime series Pandora Hearts
  Pandora Hearts
  is a manga series by Jun Mochizuki. Originally starting serialization in the shōnen magazine GFantasy published by Square Enix in June 2006. Currently fourteen volumes have been released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped;...
  
  
• Cosmic Break, an MMO Third Person Shooter Online Game

Other

• Bone fracture
  Bone fracture
  A bone fracture is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone...
  
  , a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone
• Prison escape
  Prison escape
  A prison escape or prison break is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part of authorities to recapture them and return them to their original detainers...
  
  

See also

• Break a leg
  Break a leg
  "Break a leg" is a well-known idiom in theatre which means "good luck." It is typically said to actors and musicians before they go on stage to perform. The origin of the phrase is obscure....
  
  
• Breakwater (structure)
  Breakwater (structure)
  Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.-Purposes of breakwaters:...
  
  
• Breakdancing
• Breaking (disambiguation)
  Breaking (disambiguation)
  Breaking may refer to:*Breaking , a martial arts skill*Breaking , a street dance style*Breaking Bad - TV series*Breaking Benjamin - a post grunge rock band*Vowel breaking, a historical linguistics term...
  
  
• Brake (disambiguation)
  Brake (disambiguation)
  A brake is a device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch.Brake may also refer to one of the following:-Transportation:* Brake, a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine* Brake...
  
  
• Broke (disambiguation)
• Burglary
  Burglary
  Burglary is a crime, the essence of which is illicit entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offense. Usually that offense will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary...