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breaker

/ˈbɹeɪkɚ/noun2 syllables

Breaker means: waves breaking on the shore.

Synonyms for breaker11

noun, as in waves breaking on the shore

surf, breakers

noun, as in a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded

circuit breaker

also used for breaker

destroyer, wrecker, scrapper, knacker, breaker's yard, more at wreck yard, B-boy, B-girl

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What does breaker mean?3

noun

1

waves breaking on the shore

2

a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded

3

a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with breaker?6

two syllables

bakermakeracreshakertakerquaker
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Breaker in a sentence

  • It never occurred to me that he was a prison-breaker.unknown
  • The title defender finally won in the tie-breaker round.Theocracy
  • The fuse blows or the circuit breaker is often activated.Nylez
  • Yanni turned off the power at the breaker.Amastan
  • Yanni turned off the breaker that controls the light switch to this light above.Amastan
  • Yanni found the breaker that controls the light switch to the kitchen light.Amastan
  • Yanni switched the breaker off and the lights turned off.Amastan
  • Ziri has found the breaker that is responsible for his air conditioning unit.Amastan

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Forms of breaker

as a noun

plural
breakers