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break-off en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from break off.

Meanings

  1. That which breaks off, or is broken off
    • Stable glacier advance and retreat Advancing glaciers may inundate land, override installations (e.g., hydropower installations), dam rivers and form lakes, cause ice break-offs when the glacier advances over a cliff, etc. 2011, Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, page 767:
  2. A break, discontinuance, or interruption
    • All break-offs occur due to the deadline being reached or an occasional agent crash on a big domain. 2016, Tim Baarslag, Exploring the Strategy Space of Negotiating Agents:
  3. The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game

Forms

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break-offs Number=Plur lexicographic
breakoff alternative lexicographic

Relateds

breakdown · tear-off · breakup

Translations (2)

pl rozbicie (first shot in a cue game) · nl afstoot (first shot in a cue game)

break-off en · VERB

Etymology

Deverbal from break off.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, nonstandard) Nonstandard form of break off (“to play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool”).
    alt of break off