breaker
English
/ˈbɹeɪkə/, /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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 person who specializes in breaking things.
- (chiefly) 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
- (colloquial) A breakdancer.
- A user of CB radio.
- (primarily plural)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brekere suffix from English break (break, game won against the server).
Origin
English
break
Gloss
break, game won against the server
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- backbreaker English
- ball English
- ball-breaker English
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- blade English
- bladebreaker English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- code English
- codebreaker English
- crossbreak English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- gaol English
- gaolbreaker English
- ground English
- groundbreaker English
- heart English
- heartbreak English
- heartbreaker English
- home English
- homebreaker English
- horse English
- horsebreaker English
- house English
- housebreak English
- housebreaker English
- ice English
- icebreaker English
- inbreak English
- jail English
- jailbreak English
- jailbreaker English
- jaw English
- jawbreaker English
- law English
- lawbreaker English
- lunchbreak English
- match English
- matchbreaker English
- microbreak English
- middle English
- middlebreaker English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- nut English
- nutbreaker English
- oath English
- oathbreaker English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- path English
- pathbreaker English
- peace English
- peacebreaker English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- rule English
- rulebreaker English
- safe English
- safebreaker English
- shelfbreak English
- ship English
- shipbreaker English
- shop English
- shopbreaker English
- stone English
- stonebreak English
- stonebreaker English
- strike English
- strikebreak English
- strikebreaker English
- sunbreak English
- tie English
- tiebreak English
- tiebreaker English
- tobreak English
- trail English
- trailbreaker English
- truce English
- trucebreaker English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- wed English
- wedbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- Brecher German
- Eidbrecher German
- Eisbrecher German
- Regelbrecher German
- Zungenbrecher German
- brechen German
- break Italian
- bankbreker Dutch, Flemish
- beenbreker Dutch, Flemish
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- breker Dutch, Flemish
- golfbreker Dutch, Flemish
- tongbreker Dutch, Flemish
- wetsbreker Dutch, Flemish
- zeebreker Dutch, Flemish
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- ブレイク Japanese
- ブレーカー Japanese
- breken Middle English
- brekere Middle English
- wedbrek Middle English
- brekere Middle Dutch
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- jaw
- wed
- law
- tie
- nut
- ice
- safe
- gaol
- code
- oath
- home
- shop
- rule
- ball
- jail
- path
- ship
- back
- horse
- blade
- truce
- peace
- match
- trail
- stone
- heart
- house
- break
- middle
- strike
- ground
- breaky
- breakly
- breakup
- rebreak
- breakle
- bebreak
- tobreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- upbreak
- unbreak
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- un-break
- sunbreak
- prebreak
- wedbreak
- outbreak
- breaketh
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- windbreak
- beambreak
- breakable
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- breakface
- break off
- breakfast
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- breakopen
- overbreak
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- jawbreaker
- lunchbreak
- lawbreaker
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- microbreak
- underbreak
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- icebreaker
- nutbreaker
- tiebreaker
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- break-bones
- shipbreaker
- safebreaker
- jailbreaker
- pathbreaker
- shopbreaker
- homebreaker
- rulebreaker
- gaolbreaker
- oathbreaker
- unbreakable
- breaker bar
- brake pedal
- backbreaker
- break loose
- strikebreak
- codebreaker
- stonebreaker
- bladebreaker
- horsebreaker
- ball-breaker
- breakthrough
- breakability
- breakdancing
- housebreaker
- peacebreaker
- trailbreaker
- heartbreaker
- matchbreaker
- trucebreaker
- groundbreaker
- strikebreaker
- middlebreaker
- break-promise
- midterm break