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water breaker

water breaker noun: a container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.

Noun

water breaker (plural water breakers)

  1. A container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.
    • […] I came on deck, put down my own stock behind the rudder head and well out of the coxswain’s reach, went forward to the water-breaker, and had a good deep drink of water, and then, and not till then, gave Hands the brandy.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Chapter 25”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
    • I had only one canvas water-breaker; that was a big one, too big for me to carry single-handed from the spring to the dinghy. I should only be able to fill it half full—say seven or eight gallons on each journey.1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan, London: Cassell
  2. An attachment fitted to a hose to produce a spray.

Forms of water breaker

pluralwater breakers
alternative formwater-breaker

Questions about water breaker

What does water breaker mean?
Water breaker means a container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.
What part of speech is water breaker?
Water breaker is a noun.
What is the plural of water breaker?
The plural of water breaker is water breakers.

Words near water breaker in the dictionary

  1. water boxes
  2. water boy
  3. water boys
  4. water brash
  5. water break
  6. water breaker
  7. water breakers
  8. water breaks
  9. water bridge
  10. water bridges
  11. water buffalo

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