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Definitions for: Breaker [n] a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
[n] waves breaking on the shore
[n] a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.) 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.
Synonyms: breakers, circuit breaker, ledgeman, surf
See Also: electrical fuse, fuse, moving ridge, quarrier, quarryman, stone breaker, wave
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