breakagebreak‧age /ˈbreɪkɪdʒ/ noun - Hair is in a stretched state when wet, a wide-tooth comb reduces breakage by gently passing through hair.
- The greater incidence of digestion on maxillary incisors can be attributed to the greater breakage of the maxillae.
- The principal technical problems which had to be resolved were breakage due to heavy-duty service and abuse.
- The problem-solving sessions began to generate ideas for fixing problems such as water leaks and glass breakage.
- These breakages can occur anywhere in the plants, and the fragments can be large or small.
nounbreakoutbreakbreakageadjectivebreakable ≠ unbreakablebroken ≠ unbrokenverbbreak