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Dictionary: break·er1   (brā'kər) pronunciation
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.

brea·ker2 (brā'kər) pronunciation
n. Nautical
A small water cask, often used in lifeboats.

[Alteration of Spanish barrica. See barricade.]


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n. 1. a heavy sea wave that breaks into white foam on the shore or a shoal.

2. a person or thing that breaks something: a code-breaker.

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Architecture: breaker
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A rock-crushing machine in which small particles are produced by impact or by fracture between movable jaws.


Military Dictionary: breaker
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(DOD) 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.

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Translations: Breaker
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - ophugger

2.
n. - tilrider, berider

Nederlands (Dutch)
(golf)breker, sloper, watervaatje (in reddingsboten)

Français (French)
1.
n. - casseur (de pierres), dresseur (de chevaux), violateur, (Constr) concasseur, brisoir, vague déferlante

2.
n. - petit tonneau pour de l'eau (souvent utilisé dans les canots de sauvetage)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Brecher

2.
n. - Brecher

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεγάλο κύμα, δαμαστής αλόγων

Italiano (Italian)
frangente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - onda (f) de arrebentação, transgressor (m)

Русский (Russian)
вал, бурун

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - golpe de mar, ola que rompe, rompiente

2.
n. - (elec) interruptor automático, disyuntor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bränning, brottsjö, strömbrytare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 碎浪, 破坏者, 打破者, 使破碎的事物

2. 小水桶

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 碎浪, 破壞者, 打破者, 使破碎的事物

2.
n. - 小水桶

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 파괴자, 부서지는 파도, 절단기

2.
n. - 물통

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砕ける波, 壊す人, 破砕機, 遮断器, 大波, 破壊者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موجه كبيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שובר, מאלף סוסים, נחשול, גל גדול, מישבר‬
n. - ‮חביונת מים, משמשת לעתים קרובות בסירות-הצלה‬


 
 

 

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