breakers

noun

Meaning

Something that breaks.
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
The building in which such a machine is placed.
A person who specializes in breaking things.
(chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
A breakdancer.
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.
One who works in shipbreaking.

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