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break-offs

break-offs is the plural of break-off.

Meaning of break-off

Noun

break-off (plural break-offs)

  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

Questions about break-offs

What is break-offs the plural of?
Break-offs is the plural of break-off.

Words near break-offs in the dictionary

  1. break-in
  2. break-ins
  3. break-of-gauge station
  4. break-of-gauge stations
  5. break-off
  6. break-offs
  7. break-promise
  8. break-promises
  9. break-up
  10. break-upper
  11. break-uppers

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