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breaker

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breaker: see wave wave, in oceanography, an oscillating movement up and down, of a body of water caused by the frictional drag of the wind, or on a larger scale, by submarine earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides.
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breaker1
1. a large wave with a white crest on the open sea or one that breaks into foam on the shore
2. Electronics short for circuit breaker
3. Textiles a machine for extracting fibre preparatory to carding
breaker2
a small water cask for use in a boat
breaker [′brā·kər]
(mining engineering)
In anthracite mining, the structure in which the coal is broken, sized, and cleaned for market. Also known as coalbreaker.
One of a row of drill holes above the mining holes in a tunnel face.
(oceanography)
A wave breaking on a shore, over a reef, or other mass in a body of water.
breaker
A rock-crushing machine in which small particles are produced by impact or by fracture between movable jaws.
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I say lucky for us he did not reach us, and I might almost say luckily for himself; for we had only a small breaker of water and some soddened ship's biscuits with us, so sudden had been the alarm, so unprepared the ship for any disaster.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
He was waiting for the rush of a big breaker whereon to jump the reef.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
And the different forms of government make laws democratical, aristocratical, tyrannical, with a view to their several interests; and these laws, which are made by them for their own interests, are the justice which they deliver to their subjects, and him who transgresses them they punish as a breaker of the law, and unjust.
The Republic by Plato View in context
 
 
 
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