Thesaurus: breaker

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1. n. One who, or that which, breaks.
2. n. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
3. n. A small water cask.
4. n. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
5. n. a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
6. n. waves breaking on the shore
7. n. a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
8. 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.) 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.
9. A small water cask. Totten.
10. n:100 n. a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone