NOUN | person | breaker, ledgeman | a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone |
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event | breaker, surf, breakers | waves breaking on the shore | |
artifact | breaker, circuit breaker | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded |
Sounds | brey'ker | |
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Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... |
Meaning | A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone. | |
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Synonym | ledgeman | |
Narrower | stone breaker | someone who breaks up stone |
Broader | quarryman, quarrier | A man who works in a quarry |
Verbs | break | destroy the integrity of |
break | break a piece from a whole |
Meaning | waves breaking on the shore. | |
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Synonyms | surf, breakers | |
Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
Spanish | cachón, ola grande, oleaje, rompiente, rompientes | |
Catalan | onades, surf | |
Verbs | break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves |
Meaning | A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded. | |
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Synonym | circuit breaker | |
Broader | fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse | An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
Spanish | cortacircuitos, disjuntor, ruptor | |
Catalan | ruptor | |
Verbs | break | interrupt the flow of current in |
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