Breakers are big sea waves, especially at the point when they just reach the shore.
Synonyms: wave, roller, comber, billow More Synonyms of breaker
2. See also ice-breaker, law-breaker, record-breaker, strike-breaker
breaker in British English1
(ˈbreɪkə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that breaks something, such as a person or firm that breaks up old cars, etc
2.
a large wave with a white crest on the open sea or one that breaks into foam on the shore
3. electronics short for circuit breaker
4.
a machine or plant for crushing rocks or coal
5. Also called: breaking plough
a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
6. textiles
a machine for extracting fibre preparatory to carding
7.
an operator on citizens' band radio
breaker in British English2
(ˈbreɪkə)
noun
a small water cask for use in a boat
Word origin
C19: anglicized variant of Spanish barrica, from French (Gascon dialect) barrique
breaker in American English1
(ˈbreɪkər)
noun
a person or thing that breaks
; specif.,
a.
a device or structure for breaking up rock, coal, etc.
b.
a wave that breaks into foam against a shore or reef
SIMILAR WORDS: wave
breaker in American English2
(ˈbreɪkər)
noun
a small water keg, often carried in lifeboats
Word origin
altered < Sp barrica, akin to barrel
Examples of 'breaker' in a sentence
breaker
He checked the power cable - intact as far as he could see, then traced it back to the circuit breaker.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
`Hans - switch on the VHF circuit breaker and switch off breaker number fourteen.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
He came up beyond the breaker, and there she was, her golden hair streaming, thrashing away out to sea, her arms flailing.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2002)
Maybe it was a personal disconnect, like an emotional circuit breaker blowing, maybe it was shock.
Greg Bear VITALS (2002)
In other languages
breaker
British English: breaker NOUN
Breakers are big sea waves, especially at the point when they just reach the shore.
American English: breaker
Brazilian Portuguese: onda grande
Chinese: 碎浪
European Spanish: rompiente
French: brisant
German: Brecher
Italian: frangente
Japanese: 浜辺に打ち寄せる波
Korean: 흰파도
European Portuguese: onda grande
Latin American Spanish: rompiente
All related terms of 'breaker'
axe-breaker
an Australian oleaceous tree, Notelaea longifolia, yielding very hard timber
ice-breaker
An ice-breaker is a large ship which sails through frozen waters , breaking the ice as it goes , in order to create a passage for other ships.
law-breaker
A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
tie-breaker
A tie-breaker is an extra question or round that decides the winner of a competition or game when two or more people have the same score at the end .
horse-breaker
a person who breaks in a horse
safe-breaker
a person who breaks open and robs safes
circuit breaker
A circuit breaker is a device which can stop the flow of electricity around a circuit by switching itself off if anything goes wrong .
contact breaker
a switching device used in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine which controls the timing of the spark that ignites the spark plug
record breaker
A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
strike-breaker
A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike , or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.
ground leakage circuit breaker
A ground leakage circuit breaker is a protective device designed to protect both equipment and users from fault currents between the live and ground conductors .
(noun)
Definition
a large sea wave with a white crest or one that breaks into foam on the shore
breakers on the sea wall
Synonyms
wave
the sound of waves breaking on the shore
roller
comber
billow
a wild sea, with immense billows breaking upon our ship
white horse
whitecap
Additional synonyms
in the sense of billow
Definition
a large sea wave
a wild sea, with immense billows breaking upon our ship