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line breaks

line breaks is the plural of line break.

Meaning of line break

Noun

line break (plural line breaks)

  1. A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line.
  2. A character indicating that subsequent characters should appear on a separate line of text.
    • Near-synonyms: newline, line feed, carriage return, hard return, soft return (sometimes synonymous)
  3. A break made through the opposition's defensive line.
    • Toby Flood replaced Wilkinson at the break and scrum-half Ben Youngs scored almost directly from the restart, spotting a gap down the short side and linking well with Tuilagi down the right flank, and nine minutes later full-back Ben Foden extended England's lead following a bullocking line-break...2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport

Questions about line breaks

What is line breaks the plural of?
Line breaks is the plural of line break.

Words near line breaks in the dictionary

  1. line art
  2. line bracelet
  3. line bracelets
  4. line brawl
  5. line break
  6. line breaks
  7. line breeding
  8. line by line
  9. line car
  10. line card
  11. line cards

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