Noun: breaker brey-ku(r)
- Waves breaking on the shore
"Surfers waited for the perfect breakers";
- surf, breakers
- A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
"The circuit breaker tripped during the power surge";
- circuit breaker
- A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
"The breaker skilfully separated large slabs of marble from the quarry wall"
Derived forms: breakers
Type of: electrical fuse, fuse, moving ridge, quarrier, safety fuse, wave
Encyclopedia: Breaker, Daniel