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icebreaker definition

☆ ice·breaker (-brāk′ər)

noun

  1. a sturdy, powerful vessel designed to cut channels through heavy ice
  2. a wedgelike structure for protecting a bridge pier, dock, etc. from floating ice
  3. anything serving to lessen formality or break down reserve

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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