What does "breaker" mean?
Breaker: Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
Additional senses
- 2.(Naut.) A small water cask. Totten.
- 3.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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