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point break

point break noun: the location where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.

Noun

point break (plural point breaks)

  1. (slang) The location where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.
    • Latigo Beach. Nice point break. Long workable rides.1991, W. Peter Iliff, Point Break

Forms of point break

pluralpoint breaks

Questions about point break

What does point break mean?
Point break means the location where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.
What part of speech is point break?
Point break is a noun.
What is the plural of point break?
The plural of point break is point breaks.

Words near point break in the dictionary

  1. Point Barrow
  2. point bars
  3. point blank
  4. point blanket
  5. point blankets
  6. point break
  7. point breaks
  8. point charge
  9. point charges
  10. Point Clare
  11. point cloud

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