breaker
NounUS[brey-ker]/ˈbreɪkɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)breakers
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stoneType of quarrierKinds stone breaker, ledgewoman, ledgeman
- waves breaking on the shoreSynonyms: surfbreakersType of wave, moving ridge
- a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloadedSynonyms: circuit breakerType of fuse, electrical fuse
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Break′er (…), noun
1. One who, or that which, breaks.
I'll be no breaker of the law.— William Shakespeare
2. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
3. Nautical A small water cask. Benjamin J. Totten
4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
The breakers were right beneath her bows.— Henry W. Longfellow
5. a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone. Syn. — ledgeman.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5