breather
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -iːðə(ɹ)
Noun
breather (plural breathers)
- Something or someone that breathes.
- A short break; a rest or respite.
- After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
- (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
- (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.
- (mechanics) An air inlet path to the crankcase
Synonyms
- (short break): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
Derived terms
Translations
something that breathes
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short break
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physics: kind of excitation
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