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How to pronounce break
Say it like this: /bɹeɪk/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does break mean?
verbTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
“If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.”
To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
“He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.”
To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
“Is it your or my turn to break?”
nounAn instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
“The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.”
A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
“The sun came out in a break in the clouds.”
An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with something.
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