breaker

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkə/ (US) enPR: brāʹkər, IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== breaker (plural breakers) Something that breaks (something else). Synonyms: destroyer, wrecker A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines. Coordinate terms: crusher, dresser The building in which such a machine is placed. (often plural) A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Synonyms: (often synonymous) scrapper, wrecker, knacker; (their yard) breaker's yard, more at wreck yard (primarily plural) Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard. (primarily plural) Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard. Ellipsis of horsebreaker. 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse: A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber (chiefly in the plural) 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. Synonyms: B-boy (masculine), B-girl (feminine) (US, dated) A user of CB radio. (electrical engineering) Ellipsis of circuit breaker. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== breaker (US, dated) Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio. ==== See also ==== spring breaker === Etymology 2 === Probably from Spanish barrica (“barrel”). Doublet of barrique. ==== Noun ==== breaker (plural breakers) A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck. === Anagrams === rebreak == French == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bʁɛ.kœʁ/ ~ /bʁe.kœʁ/ ==== Noun ==== breaker m (plural breakers) circuit breaker Synonym: disjoncteur === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bʁɛ.ke/ ~ /bʁe.ke/ ==== Verb ==== breaker (tennis) to break (win a game when receiving) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== débreaker == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾeikeɾ/ [ˈbɾei̯.keɾ] Rhymes: -eikeɾ Syllabification: brea‧ker === Noun === breaker m (uncountable) breaker; circuit breaker