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breaking

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?e?k??/
  • Homophone: braking
  • Rhymes: -e?k??

Verb

breaking

  1. present participle of break

Derived terms

  • late-breaking
  • record-breaking

Noun

breaking (countable and uncountable, plural breakings)

  1. The act by which something is broken.
  2. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong
  3. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones
  4. breakdancing

Translations

Anagrams

  • rebaking

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breakable

English

Etymology

break +? -able

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?e?k?bl/

Adjective

breakable (comparative more breakable, superlative most breakable)

  1. Able to break or be broken.
  2. Fragile.

Synonyms

  • destructible
  • See Thesaurus:fragile

Antonyms

  • unbreakable

Translations

Noun

breakable (plural breakables)

  1. Something that is (easily) breakable.
    We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.
  2. (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.

Usage notes

  • May be more common as breakables, the group of things that are easily broken.

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