breaker
Something that breaksSomething that breaks (something else).
» That might not be a deal-breaker.
Meaning
7 sensesSomething that breaks (something else).
a breaker of men's souls
Kaputtmacher
разруши́тельrazrušítelʹ, уничтожи́тельuničtožítelʹ
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
Brecher
дроби́лкаdrobílka
The building in which such a machine is placed.
at the coal breaker
A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today.
дроби́лкаdrobílka
(in the plural)A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
Brecher
буру́нburún
прибійprybij, бурунburun
(colloquial)A breakdancer.
(US, dated)A user of CB radio.
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
- a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
- waves breaking on the shore
Examples
37 sentencesThat might not be a deal-breaker.
That's a deal-breaker.
Tom fixed the circuit breaker.
That was the deal-breaker.
It's not a deal-breaker.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker,From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
Probably from Spanish barrica (“barrel”). Doublet of barrique.
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