Icebreaker

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An icebreaker (ship).

Alternative spellings

• ice breaker
• ice-breaker

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈaɪsˌbreɪkər/

Noun

Singular Icebreaker

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1. Template:Ship A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

   The steel hulls of ice-breakers are much thicker than those of standard vessels.

   • 2005: My father's Bonneville was cutting its way toward us like an icebreaker moving through my whole state of consciousness. — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 11)

2. A game, activity, humourous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other.

   The new college hallmates were awkward with each other at first, but after a game of charades as an icebreaker, they were laughing like old friends.

Related terms

• break the ice

Translations

ship designed to break through ice

Bosnian: ledolomac bs(bs) m. Chinese: 破冰船 (pò bīng chuán) Croatian: ledolomac hr(hr) m. Czech: ledoborec cs(cs) m. Danish: isbryder da(da) c. Dutch: ijsbreker nl(nl) m. Esperanto: glacirompilo eo(eo) Estonian: jäälõhkuja et(et) Finnish: jäänmurtaja fi(fi) French: brise-glace fr(fr) m. Galician: crebaxeos gl(gl) m. German: Eisbrecher de(de) m. Greek: παγοθραύστης el(el) (pagothráfstis) m., παγοθραυστικό el(el) n., παγοθραυστικό πλοίο el(el) (pagothrafstikó plío) n. Hebrew: שוברת קרח he(he) Italian: rompighiaccio it(it) m. Japanese: 砕氷船 ja(ja) (さいひょうせん, saihyōsen)

Latvian: ledlauzis lv(lv) Lithuanian: ledlaužis lt(lt) Luxembourgish: Äisbriecher lb(lb) m. Macedonian: мразокршач mk(mk) (mrazok'ršač) m. Malay: kapal pemecah air batu ms(ms) Norwegian: isbryter no(no) Polish: lodołamacz pl(pl) m. Portuguese: quebra-gelo pt(pt) m. Russian: ледокол ru(ru) (ledokól) m. Serbian: ледоломац sr(sr) m. Slovak: ľadoborec sk(sk) m. Slovene: ledolomilec sl(sl) m. Spanish: rompehielos es(es) m. Swedish: isbrytare sv(sv) c. Turkish: buzkıran tr(tr) Ukrainian: криголам uk(uk) m.

game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people

Finnish: kevennys

Swedish: isbrytare c.

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