Break (Noun)
Meaning 1
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account".
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Meaning 2
Breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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- Depressed Fracture
- Compression Fracture
- Displaced Fracture
- Incomplete Fracture
- Hairline Fracture
- Fatigue Fracture
- Impacted Fracture
- Simple Fracture
- Comminuted Fracture
- Complete Fracture
- Compound Fracture
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Meaning 3
The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
A sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 6
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned".
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Meaning 7
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 8
An abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 9
Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The news of the accident was a break in the monotony of the daily routine.
- There was a break in the conversation when the waiter arrived to take their order.
- A power outage caused a break in the concert, but the band resumed playing when the lights came back on.
- The fire alarm was a loud break in the silence of the library.
- The surprise visit from her sister was a welcome break in her long and boring day.
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Meaning 10
A pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate".
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Meaning 11
The act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable".
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Meaning 12
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust".
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 13
The occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 14
A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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- Rest
- Caesura
- Rest Period
- Dead Air
- Halftime
- Blackout
- Lapse
- Postponement
- Time-out
- Hold
- Lull
- Respite
- Delay
- Wait
- Letup
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Meaning 15
An unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 16
Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.