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breathers

breathers is the plural of breather.

Meaning of breather

Noun

breather (plural breathers)

  1. Something or someone that breathes.
    1. (specifically) A heavy breather.
      • Most of us make sense of the world through talk and sight, and breathers represent that most anxiety provoking experience, nothingness with a hint of possibility.1981 April 25, Martin H. Krieger, “Phone Calls”, in Gay Community News, page 12
  2. (colloquial) A short break; a rest or respite.
    • After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
    Synonyms:
    hiatus
  3. A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
  4. (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as vigorous exercise.
  5. An air inlet path to the crankcase

Phrases with breathers

Questions about breathers

What is breathers the plural of?
Breathers is the plural of breather.

Words near breathers in the dictionary

  1. breathed out
  2. breathed upon
  3. breathedst
  4. breather
  5. breather switch
  6. breathers
  7. breathes
  8. breathes a sigh of relief
  9. breathes a word
  10. breathes again
  11. breathes back to life

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