- Types Of Speech
- You can use break as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Break
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters a, b, e, k, and r, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter e. Break starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, br, bre, brea, and the ending characters are k, ak, eak, reak, ..
- Definition
- An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Break is set as a grade one word that starts with b, ends with k, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is break a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Break in Pig Latin is said as "eakbray or eakbrway".
- Unigram
- b | r | e | a | k
- Bigram
- br | re | ea | ak
- Trigram
- bre | rea | eak
- Quadrigram
- brea | reak
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an escape from jail;
"the breakout was carefully planned" - any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;
"the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" - a sudden dash;
"he made a break for the open door" - the act of breaking something;
"the breakage was unavoidable" - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
"it was presented without commercial breaks" - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;
"he was up two breaks in the second set" - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- a pause from doing something (as work);
"we took a 10-minute break";
"he took time out to recuperate" - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations" - an unexpected piece of good luck;
"he finally got his big break" - the occurrence of breaking;
"the break in the dam threatened the valley" - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;
"the telephone is an annoying interruption";
"there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
"they built it right over a geological fault" - breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
"it was a nasty fracture";
"the break seems to have been caused by a fall" - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- Verb Examples
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body;
"His resistance was broken";
"a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" - diminish or discontinue abruptly;
"The patient's fever broke last night" - fracture a bone of;
"I broke my foot while playing hockey" - fall sharply;
"stock prices broke" - make submissive, obedient, or useful;
"The horse was tough to break";
"I broke in the new intern" - be broken in;
"If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" - of the male voice in puberty;
"his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir" - render inoperable or ineffective;
"You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" - become separated into pieces or fragments;
"The figurine broke";
"The freshly baked loaf fell apart" - destroy the integrity of;
usually by force;
cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
"He broke the glass plate";
"She broke the match" - become fractured;
break or crack on the surface only;
"The glass cracked when it was heated" - happen;
"Report the news as it develops";
"These political movements recrudesce from time to time" - prevent completion;
"stop the project";
"break off the negociations" - terminate;
"She interrupted her pregnancy";
"break a lucky streak";
"break the cycle of poverty" - lessen in force or effect;
"soften a shock";
"break a fall" - stop operating or functioning;
"The engine finally went";
"The car died on the road";
"The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town";
"The coffee maker broke";
"The engine failed on the way to town";
"her eyesight went after the accident" - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
"Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" - come into being;
"light broke over the horizon";
"Voices broke in the air" - find the solution or key to;
"break the code" - find a flaw in;
"break an alibi";
"break down a proof" - undergo breaking;
"The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" - interrupt the flow of current in;
"break a circuit" - cease an action temporarily;
"We pause for station identification";
"let's break for lunch" - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
"The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold";
"The actress won't reveal how old she is";
"bring - be released or become known;
of news;
"News of her death broke in the morning" - surpass in excellence;
"She bettered her own record";
"break a record" - pierce or penetrate;
"The blade broke her skin" - become punctured or penetrated;
"The skin broke" - break a piece from a whole;
"break a branch from a tree" - go to pieces;
"The lawn mower finally broke";
"The gears wore out";
"The old chair finally fell apart completely" - ruin completely;
"He busted my radio!" - separate from a clinch, in boxing;
"The referee broke the boxers" - make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
"The book dealer would not break the set" - exchange for smaller units of money;
"I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;
"break into tears";
"erupt in anger" - do a break dance;
"Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" - curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
"The surf broke" - break down, literally or metaphorically;
"The wall collapsed";
"The business collapsed";
"The dam broke";
"The roof collapsed";
"The wall gave in";
"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" - emerge from the surface of a body of water;
"The whales broke" - scatter or part;
"The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;
"The ranks broke" - move away or escape suddenly;
"The horses broke from the stable";
"Three inmates broke jail";
"Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" - change directions suddenly
- reduce to bankruptcy;
"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!";
"The slump in the financial markets smashed him" - assign to a lower position;
reduce in rank;
"She was demoted because she always speaks up";
"He was broken down to Sargeant" - discontinue an association or relation;
go different ways;
"The business partners broke over a tax question";
"The couple separated after 25 years of marriage";
"My friend and I split up" - invalidate by judicial action;
"The will was broken" - interrupt a continued activity;
"She had broken with the traditional patterns" - cause the failure or ruin of;
"His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage";
"This play will either make or break the playwright" - act in disregard of laws and rules;
"offend all laws of humanity";
"violate the basic laws or human civilization";
"break a law" - enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;
"Someone broke in while I was on vacation";
"They broke into my car and stole my radio!" - happen or take place;
"Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" - come forth or begin from a state of latency;
"The first winter storm broke over New York" - fail to agree with;
be in violation of;
as of rules or patterns;
"This sentence violates the rules of syntax" - give up;
"break cigarette smoking" - cause to give up a habit;
"She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
"The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" - come to an end;
"The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Abandonment | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" |
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Abeyance | temporary cessation or suspension |
| Ablactate | gradually deprive (infants) of mother''s milk "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk" |
| Abnormality | behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality |
| About Face | |
| About Face | |
| About Ship | |
| Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Break
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Break | an escape from jail "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| Brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
| Baker | someone who bakes bread or cake |
View English words with the unique letters used in break. Words With The Letters Abekr
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Break | an escape from jail "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| Break Away | |
| Break Out |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Escape | the act of escaping physically "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage" "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
| Flight | the act of escaping physically "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage" "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Breaker | Yes | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Break (5 letters) | 11 | 12 | baker | ||
| Barker (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | barker | ||
| Beaker (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | beaker | ||
| Brake (5 letters) | 11 | 12 | baker | ||
| Brakes (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | brakes | ||
| Breaker (7 letters) | 13 +2 | 14 +2 | breaker | ||
| Baker (5 letters) | 11 | 12 | baker | ||
| Breakax (7 letters) | 20 +9 | 21 +9 | breakax | ||
| Barkey (6 letters) | 15 +4 | 15 +3 | abekry | ||
| Bakers (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | brakes |
Break Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With K
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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