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icebreaking

icebreaking adjective: serving the purpose of breaking ice.

Adjective

icebreaking (not comparable)

  1. Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
    • an icebreaking tanker
    • The spokesperson said other science climate science projects would be restored, with four extra scientists approved to travel south on the icebreaking research vessel RSV Nuyina.2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian

Origin of icebreaking

From ice + breaking.

Questions about icebreaking

What does icebreaking mean?
Icebreaking means serving the purpose of breaking ice.
What part of speech is icebreaking?
Icebreaking is an adjective.

Words near icebreaking in the dictionary

  1. icebox pies
  2. iceboxes
  3. iceboxful
  4. icebreaker
  5. icebreakers
  6. icebreaking
  7. icecap
  8. icecapp
  9. icecapps
  10. icecaps
  11. icecold

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