icebreaker
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkəɹ/
icebreaker (plural icebreakers)
- 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.
- A game, activity, humorous 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.
- (theater) A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical.
- (game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc) break the ice
- (ship) slushbreaker
- French: brise-glace
- German: Eisbrecher
- Italian: rompighiaccio
- Portuguese: quebra-gelo
- Russian: ледоко́л
- Spanish: rompehielos
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