Plural of break
regular plural
The plural of break is breaks.
Forms of break
| Singular | break /bɹeɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | breaks /bɹeɪks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Breaks in a sentence
- “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Conversely, as the emulsion breaks and the system returns to the original state, energy is released.2004, J. L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, Encyclopedia of supramolecular chemistry, volume 2, page 1466
- The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks.From the entry against
- Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.From the entry trap
- If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.From the entry nuke
Meaning of break
- verb To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- verb To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- verb To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
Questions about the plural of break
- What is the plural of break?
- The plural of break is breaks.
- Is break countable?
- Break is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: break (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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