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'breakdown truck (erf) (NAmE 'tow truck) noun a truck that is used for taking cars away to be repaired when they have had a breakdown (

Si (ft )         — picture o truck

breaker /'breika(r)/ noun a large wave covered with white bubbles that is moving towards land #3 j# (ft 0   —see also circuit-breaker, icebreaker,

HOUSEBREAKER, LAWBREAKER, RECORD-BREAKER, STRIKE-BREAKER, TIEBREAKER

break-fast Ow /'brekfast/ noun, verb m noun [C, U] the first meal of the day ; #-tS: a big/ hearty/light breakfast M A (ft /. 4 Eft / 1: A (ft -¥• fir o (1especially BrE) a cooked breakfast  f| 0 Do you

want bacon and eggs for breakfast?

0 They were having breakfast when I arrived.

0 She doesn't eat much break­fast.           — see also bed and breakfast,

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, ENGLISH BREAKFAST, POWER BREAKFAST, WEDDING BREAKFAST 1771771 See DOG n. m verb [V] ~ (on sth) (formal) to eat breakfast

'break-in noun an entry into a building using force, usually to steal sth ®£DMA; [HA; A^irtS breaking and 'entering noun [U] (NAmE or old- fashioned) the crime of entering a building illegally and using force S&HfSA ( fp )

'breaking point noun [U] the time when problems become so great that a person, an organization or a system can no longer deal with them ( |b] H $£ ill M (ft ) M £, Wl PI:      to be at/to reach breaking point

T             O to be stretched to breaking point G^M

break-neck /'breiknek/ adj. [only before noun] very fast and dangerous HMKl: to drive, etc. at breakneck

speed L'-npl$l

break-out /'breikaut/ noun an escape from prison, usually by a group of prisoners ( #taltft(ft )        a

mass breakout from a top security prison M. I$j tP i§i JSf2

'break point noun 1 the point where sth, especially a computer program, is interrupted ( Alt if (ft )         45®t^> 2 .break 'point (especially in tennis

Ala^S^) a point that the person who is serving must win in order not to lose a game (

143 = BREAKING POINT

break-through /'breikGru:/ noun an important devel­opment that may lead to an agreement or achievement Jr A H ^    :           to make/achieve a breakthrough

0 a significant breakthrough in negotiations  £ij M (ft £ A A           o a major breakthrough

in cancer research f®|E$F;ftM(ftlilc^®

'break time noun [u] (BrE) = break n.(2)

'break-up noun 1 the ending of a relationship or an association ( AlA      the

break-up of their marriage Itfe i\l M1® (ft S 0 family break-ups        2 the division of a large organiza­tion or country into smaller parts (       51 ^ Eft )

ft, ft®, ft®

break-water /'breikwo:t0(r)/ noun a wall built out into the sea to protect the shore or harbour from the force of the waves Kf'iJfctj!

bream /bri:m/ noun (pi bream) a freshwater or sea fish that is used for food      ) ; %m

breast 0"w /brest/ noun, verb mnoun

►                 PART OF BODY # ft Sp 1 [C] either of the two round

soft parts at the front of a woman’s body that produce milk when she has had a baby ( A A Eft ) ?L :       She

put the baby to her breast. MJFo breast cancer ?L fil IS o breast milk §|L 2 [C] the similar, smaller part on a man’s body, which does not produce milk ( Is          3 [C] (literary) the top part of

the front of your body, below your neck §|S; flfcj fj$ EfflTl chest :  She cradled the child against her breast.

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CLOTHING AM 4 [C] the part of a piece of clothing that