surf, breaker, breakers
(noun) waves breaking on the shore
breaker, ledgeman
(noun) a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
breaker (plural breakers)
Something that breaks.
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
The building in which such a machine is placed.
A person who specializes in breaking things.
(chiefly, 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
(colloquial) A breakdancer.
A user of CB radio.
(primarily plural) Clipping of shipbreaker.
• (something that breaks): destroyer, wrecker
• (machine for breaking rocks or coal)
• (building containing such a machine)
• (wave)
• (breakdancer): B-boy (male), B-girl (female), breakdancer
breaker (plural breakers)
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.
• rebreak
Source: Wiktionary
Break"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be no breaker of the law. Shak.
2. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A small water cask. Totten.
4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 April 2025
(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; “a coaxing and obsequious voice”; “her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
