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
(colloquial) A breakdancer.
(primarily plural) Clipping of shipbreaker.
(electrical engineering) Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
A horsebreaker.
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.