breaker (redirected from Breakers (disambiguation))

break·er ¹  (brkr)

n.

1. One that breaks, as a machine for breaking up or crushing a substance, such as rock, coal, or plant fibers.

2. A circuit breaker.

3. A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.

4. One who break dances.

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brea·ker ²  (brkr)

n. Nautical

A small water cask, often used in lifeboats.

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[Alteration of Spanish barrica; see barricade.]

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breaker¹

n

1. a person or thing that breaks something, such as a person or firm that breaks up old cars, etc

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a large wave with a white crest on the open sea or one that breaks into foam on the shore

3. (Electronics) Electronics short for circuit breaker

4. (Mining & Quarrying) a machine or plant for crushing rocks or coal

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Also called breaking plough a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land

6. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Textiles a machine for extracting fibre preparatory to carding

7. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) an operator on citizens' band radio

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breaker²

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a small water cask for use in a boat

[anglicized variant of Spanish barrica, from French (Gascon dialect) barrique]

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breaker  (brkr)

1. A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.

2. A circuit breaker.

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comber, breaker, roller - A long curving wave is a comber, a wave that curls over and dissolves into foam is a breaker, and a long wave moving steadily shoreward is a roller.

See also related terms for wave.

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A wave in the process of losing energy where offshore energy loss is caused by wind action and nearshore energy loss is caused by the impact of the sea floor as the wave enters shallow (shoaling) water. Breakers either plunge, spill, or surge. See also breaker angle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breaker - a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone ledgeman quarrier, quarryman - a man who works in a quarry stone breaker - someone who breaks up stone
	2.	breaker - waves breaking on the shore           breakers, surf moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
	3.	breaker - a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded circuit breaker electrical fuse, fuse, safety fuse - an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

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breaker

noun wave, roller, comber, billow, white horse, whitecap breakers on the sea wall

Translations

breaker [ˈbreɪkəʳ] N (= wave) → ola f grande

breaker [ˈbreɪkə^r] n (= wave) → déferlante f
break-even [ˌbreɪkˈiːv^ən]

n (also break-even point) → seuil m de rentabilité

modif → de rentabilité
break-even chart → graphique m de rentabilité
break-even point n → seuil m de rentabilité

breaker

n

(= wave) → Brecher m

(also breaker’s (yard)) to send a ship/vehicle to the breaker’s (yard) → ein Schiff/Fahrzeug abwracken

breaker [ˈbreɪkəʳ] n (wave) → frangente m