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prebreak en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + break.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Before a break.
   • The Knicks’ prebreak ineptitude appeared set to continue on the game’s first possession, which ended with a shot-clock violation as Jamal Crawford air-balled a desperate 3-pointer. 2008 February 20, Mike Ogle, “Well-Rested Knicks Show Some Fight in Overtime”, in New York Times:

prebreak en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + break.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The initial stage of processing, in which material is prebroken.
   • The incoming material is coarsely ground (prebreak), and placed in steam-jacketed cookers. 1989, Charles M. Mohr, Membrane Applications and Research in Food Processing, page 42:
   • A feed wheel slides the blanks off the bottom, one at a time, where they are carried between belts moving at up to 2,000 ft (610 m) per minute into a prebreak station. 1998, Joseph F. Hanlon, Robert J. Kelsey, Hallie Forcinio, Handbook of Package Engineering, page 174:
   • With 1% salt, patties produced from meat prebroken at -6°C tended to be favoured; with 0.5 % salt the effect of prebreak temperature was clearer, with products from meat at -3°C being favoured, and considered more meaty. 2002, S J James, Christian James, C. B. James, Meat Refrigeration, page 182:

prebreak en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + break.

Meanings

1. To break up large chunks of material into a size that is more convenient for further processing.
   • Prebreakers are used to prebreak or crush cocoa presscakes, fats, large fruit or vegetables, whole fish, bones, etc. 1963, Maynard Alexander Joslyn, John Laurence Heid, Food Processing Operations, page 426:
   • With 1% salt, patties produced from meat prebroken at −6°C tended to be favoured; with 0.5% salt the effect of prebreak temperature was clearer, with products from meat at −3°C being favoured, and considered more meaty. 2002, S J James, Christian James, C. B. James, Meat Refrigeration, page 182:
   • If you need to separate, mix, size, wash, reduce, rinse, granulate, prebreak, grind, mill, disperse, decake, pulverize, blend Why not increase your profits in the process? 1967, Canadian Chemical Processing, volume 51, page 80:

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