Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.

  2. (UK, countable, uncountable)A break for schoolchildren between lessons.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. How many minutes does breaktime last?

    deWie viele Minuten dauert die Pause? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. John, I put the breaktime sandwich in your school bag.

    deJohannes, ich habe das Pausenbrot in deinen Schulranzen gelegt. — Ioan_Cristian

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  3. It is breaktime!

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  4. Tom had hardly any friends at school. He was a loner. At breaktime, he would stand in the playground on his own.

    deSchulfreunde hatte Tom kaum. Er war ein Eigenbrötler. Er stand in den Pausen immer allein auf dem Schulhof herum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From break + time.

From break + time.

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Forms

plural: breaktimes

Synonyms

3 synonyms
break during school:lunchtimeA2recessC1playtime

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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