break
— Noun
– English
～ (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"
break
— Noun
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～ an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
break
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～ a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
break
— Noun
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～ any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
break
— Noun
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～ the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
break
— Noun
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～ the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
break
— Noun
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～ an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice"
break
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～ a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
break
— Noun
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～ some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
break
— Noun
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～ breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
break
— Noun
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～ the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
break
— Noun
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～ an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"
break
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～ a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
break
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～ (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
break
— Noun
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～ an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
breakability
— Noun
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～ quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
breakable
— Adjective
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～ capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
breakable
— Noun
– English
～ an article that is fragile and easily broken; "pack the breakables separately"
breakableness
— Noun
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～ the consistency of something that breaks under pressure
breakage
— Noun
– English
～ the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"