breaker

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
  2. noun waves breaking on the shore
  3. noun a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded

Etymology

From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.

In classic literature

Synonyms

ledgeman

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
quarryman
Narrower (hyponyms)
stone breaker

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