| breach |
the act, condition, or result of breaking or rupturing. [7 definitions] |
| breach of promise |
in law, a breaking of a promise, esp. a promise to marry a particular person. |
| bread |
a food made primarily with flour or meal and baked, usu. in a loaf shape. [4 definitions] |
| bread and butter |
(informal) the chief means of supporting oneself. |
| bread-and-butter |
providing the basic financial support. [2 definitions] |
| breadbasket |
a basket for holding or serving bread. [2 definitions] |
| breadboard |
a board on which bread is cut. [2 definitions] |
| breadfruit |
a large round edible fruit that has a breadlike texture when baked. [2 definitions] |
| bread line |
a line in which people stand to receive food from a charity organization or the government during hard times, or the people in such a line. |
| breadstuff |
meal, flour, or grain used for making bread. [2 definitions] |
| breadth |
distance from side to side measured perpendicularly to length; width. [3 definitions] |
| breadthwise |
in the side-to-side direction. |
| breadwinner |
a member of a family or household who earns money to support the other members. |
| break |
to cause to separate suddenly or forcefully into pieces; smash. [25 definitions] |
| breakable |
combined form of break. |
| breakage |
the process or act of breaking. [4 definitions] |
| breakaway |
of a theatrical or film prop, designing to break under slight impact, as a balsa-wood chair. [6 definitions] |
| break dancing |
a style of dancing involving acrobatic movements, such as spinning headstands, pantomime, and jerky, robotlike movements. |
| break down |
to become ineffective or unable to function. [2 definitions] |
| breakdown |
a malfunction, as of a machine. [3 definitions] |
| breaker1 |
a person or thing that breaks. [2 definitions] |