breaks (noun)

  • 1coffee break — noun a snack taken during a break in the work day (Freq. 1) a ten minute coffee break the British have tea breaks • Syn: ↑tea break • Hypernyms: ↑bite, ↑collation, ↑snack …

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  • 2tea break — noun a snack taken during a break in the work day a ten minute coffee break the British have tea breaks • Syn: ↑coffee break • Hypernyms: ↑bite, ↑collation, ↑snack * * * n …

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  • 3ultimate — adjective 1》 being or happening at the end of a process. 2》 being the best or most extreme example of its kind: the ultimate accolade. 3》 basic or fundamental. 4》 Physics denoting the maximum possible strength or resistance beyond which an object …

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  • 4pie chart — noun a circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the whole • Hypernyms: ↑chart * * * noun Etymology: pie (II) : a circle divided by several radii into sectors showing by their relative areas the relative… …

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  • 5shopbreaker — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one that breaks into a shop or breaks out after having committed a crime therein * * * shopˈbreaker noun A person who breaks into a shop • • • Main Entry: ↑shop …

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  • 6breaking point — noun 1. (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial • Topics: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science • Hypernyms: ↑tension, ↑tenseness, ↑stress 2. the degree of te …

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  • 7last straw — noun the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit • Hypernyms: ↑aggravation, ↑irritation, ↑provocation * * * noun : the last of a series (as of events, indignities, or burdens) that brings one beyond the ultimate point of… …

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  • 8spring break — noun a week or more of recess during the spring term at school • Hypernyms: ↑respite, ↑recess, ↑break, ↑time out * * * spring break UK US noun [countable] [singular sp …

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  • 9buster — noun Date: 1831 1. a. chiefly Midland someone or something extraordinary < a buster of a breakfast Harriet B. Stowe > b. an unusually sturdy child c. often capitalized …

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  • 10Coprinus — noun genus of black spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae • Syn: ↑genus Coprinus • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae …

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