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make-and-break

make-and-break
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [meyk and breyk]
    • /meɪk ænd breɪk/
    • /meɪk ənd breɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meyk and breyk]
    • /meɪk ænd breɪk/

Definitions of make-and-break word

  • adjective make-and-break noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell. 1
  • noun make-and-break (dated, chiefly attributive) circuit breaker. 0
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Origin of make-and-break

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Make-and-break

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Make-and-break

make-and-break popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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