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car breaking

car breaking noun: the breaking up of cars and other light vehicles for scrap recycling.

Noun

car breaking (uncountable)

  1. (Commonwealth, UK) The breaking up of cars and other light vehicles for scrap recycling.

Origin of car breaking

From car + breaking.

Questions about car breaking

What does car breaking mean?
Car breaking means the breaking up of cars and other light vehicles for scrap recycling.
What part of speech is car breaking?
Car breaking is a noun.

Words near car breaking in the dictionary

  1. car brained
  2. car brains
  3. car bras
  4. car breaker
  5. car breakers
  6. car breaking
  7. car carrier
  8. car carriers
  9. car cemeteries
  10. car cemetery
  11. car chase

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