Break

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Break has multiple meanings, including:

The act of damaging or ing something
Break/break shot is the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
Break key, telegraphy, keyboards, computing;
Break statement, a computer language construct used to terminate a loop or enclosing scope early
Passaggio, the break in the voice between registers
Break (music), a percussion interlude
Rest from activity or work (coffee break, lunch break, etc.; Break (work), man hour
Another word for short holiday. Short Break, Midweek Break, Weekend Break, Entertainment Break etc.
An interruption of an activity, service or utillity.
A shortened form of Breakwater or Breakwall
Object(s) arranged or constructed to form a boundary
Break (surfing), see Point Break
Short for break de chasse, a horse-drawn carriage specifically designed to carry several gentry and their weapons and dogs to a shoot (this was known as the shooting brake in English, a term which later became used to mean an estate version of a luxury sports car for the same hunting reasons. Now it can mean any estate car)
A European term for estate car named after the above, and for all the same reasons.
Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
Bwelk is also a Korean slang derived from "break"
Breaking a bone is another term for a bone fracture
Break, a Maximal in the Transformers toyline

Related terms include:

Breaking in
*in the sense of burglary
*in the sense of stress testing (aka "burning in", "wearing in", etc.)
Break a leg
Breakdancing
Brick Breaker

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