breaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce breaker in British English:
UK [ˈbreɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce breaker in American English:
US [ˈbrekɚ]
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- Noun:
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
- waves breaking on the shore
- a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
Word Origin
- breaker (n.)
- "heavy ocean wave," 1680s, agent noun from break (v.). Related: Breakers.
Example
- 1. Once again , a circuit breaker blew , indicating a problem with the pump module .
- 2. If you have to step in water to get to the fuse box or circuit breaker , call an electrician first for advice .
- 3. To the first group he is the wily builder of a global media empire , the maker and breaker of political careers .
- 4. In the short term , however , bankers at morgan stanley have recently been promoting another interesting idea : eurozone authorities should offer joint guarantees for debt issued by banks , as a form of " circuit breaker " to counteract panic .
- 5. Even so , the ecb could act as a circuit breaker , offering to buy unlimited sovereign bonds of countries under pressure but that would require agreement across the zone that such purchases were acceptable .