Breaker
['breɪkə] or ['brekɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, breaks.
(n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
(n.) A small water cask.
(n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
Checker: Olga
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wave, surge, billow.
Checked by Dora
Definition
n. a small water-cask used on shipboard.
Edited by Lelia
Examples
- But the wheels had hard tires, the roads and many of the streets were not smooth, the vehicle got the name of the bone-breaker and its use ceased. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You remind me, then, of a young she wild creature, new caught, untamed, viewing with a mixture of fire and fear the first entrance of the breaker-in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And but for his illness he would have been put in irons, for he was regarded as a determined prison-breaker, and I know not what else. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And from being a keeper of the law he is converted into a breaker of it? Plato. The Republic.
- In that case our friend the image-breaker has begun operations in another quarter of London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The side strips, the breaker strip and finally the tread are applied. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You are sure it was not a house-breaker's jimmy? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- However, at the request of the house-breaker's counsel, she was allowed to speak, although I don't think the oath was administered to her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was a handsome young house-breaker, whose favourable witness was his sweetheart. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- One night he asked me if I could tell him how to fix a key so that it would not 'break,' even if the circuit-breaker was open, and also so that it could not be easily detected. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Once put up, I defy the frame-breakers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But they were still, to a great degree, bone-breakers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Nor catching any thieves, nor identifying any house-breakers? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The breakers were sometimes high, so that the landing was tedious. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- What to do we knew not --the breakers here, there, everywhere, encompassed us--they roared, and dashed, and flung their hated spray in our faces. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If we could only fall in wi' some of these starved ragamuffins of frame-breakers we could win a grand victory. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sea no longer broke with fury; but a swell setting in steadily for shore, with long sweep and sullen burst replaced the roar of the breakers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Penelope