See breakdown on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1859, John Russell Bartlett, “Break down”, in Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company; London: Trübner and Company, →OCLC, page 49:",
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"text": "Towards nine the three miners said that as they had brought their instruments they might as well tune up, for the boys and girls would soon be arriving now, and hungry for a good old fashioned break[-]down. A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet—these were the instruments. The trio took their places side by side, and began to play some rattling dance-music, and beat time with their big boots.",
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"ref": "1898, Charles Garvice, chapter I, in Nell, of Shorne Mills; or, One Heart’s Burden, [S.l.]: Good Press, published 2019:",
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"text": "Her mother had not only gotten knocked up and lost her man when Sunset was thirteen, she soon took up with a traveling shoe salesman who played the banjo, wandered away with him and his shoes, probably to the sound of a banjo breakdown, leaving a note that read: \"Sorry, Sunset, I got to go. Mama loves you. I left you a good pair of shoes in there on the kitchen table. They shine up easy.\"",
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},
{
"ref": "2011, Jenny Wingfield, chapter 12, in The Homecoming of Samuel Lake […], trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published 2012, →ISBN, page 98:",
"text": "The grown-ups were lolling around on the porch and in the yard, finger snapping and foot tapping while Samuel played \"Foggy Mountain Breakdown\" on his five-string banjo.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"bluegrass",
"bluegrass"
],
[
"tune",
"tune#Noun"
],
[
"five",
"five#Numeral"
],
[
"string",
"string#Noun"
],
[
"banjo",
"banjo#Noun"
]
],
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"(chiefly Southern US, countable)",
"(music) A piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo."
],
"tags": [
"Southern-US",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An act of a structure or other thing breaking and collapsing."
],
"links": [
[
"structure",
"structure#Noun"
],
[
"breaking",
"break#Verb"
],
[
"collapsing",
"collapse#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, countable) An act of a structure or other thing breaking and collapsing."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "break-down"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "sınma"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "avárija",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ава́рия"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povreda",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "повреда"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sčupvane",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "счупване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaria"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pana"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùzhàng",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "故障"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "defect"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mankement"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stilstand"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "paneo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "rikko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "rikkoontuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "rikkoutuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "vika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "vikaantuminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "panne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Betriebsstörung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Panne"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katárrefsi",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάρρευση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vlávi",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βλάβη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "התקלקלות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "meghibásodás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "üzemzavar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cliseadh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "collasso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guasto"
},
{
"alt": "こしょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koshō",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "故障"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gojang",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "고장"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vibhaṅga",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "विभंग"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "havari"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "havari"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "awaria"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avaria"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avárija",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ава́рия"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polómka",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поло́мка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povreždénije",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поврежде́ние"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "havária"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "porucha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "avería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "America",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "descompostura"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"Chile",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "Southern Cone",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "panne"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature",
"word": "aberya"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage; an instance of this; minimum voltage at which this occurs",
"word": "läpilyönti"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tawazzuʕ",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَوَزُّع"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "analiz",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "анализ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razčlenjavane",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разчленяване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desglossament"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēnjiě",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "分解"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opdeling"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "opsplitsing"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uitsplitsing"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "erittely"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "détail"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Aufschlüsselung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "análysi",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανάλυση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diaíresi",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διαίρεση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "taxinómisi",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ταξινόμηση"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "bontás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "analisi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dettaglio"
},
{
"alt": "うちわけ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uchiwake",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "内訳"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "riz-e aqlâm",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "ریز اقلام"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "análiz",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ана́лиз"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasčlenénije",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "расчлене́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbívka",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"word": "разби́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbór",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разбо́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbórka",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "разбо́рка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desglose"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disección"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nedbrytning"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkǎsvane",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разкъсване"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "afbraak"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"word": "openbreking"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"word": "hajottaminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dégradation"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"word": "lebontás"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedbrytning"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedbryting"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedbryting"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasščeplénije",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "расщепле́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razložénije",
"sense": "breaking of chemical bonds within a compound; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разложе́ние"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "detailed description of a forthcoming project or screenplay which identifies all the required elements",
"word": "erittely"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "failure in a relationship; failure or loss of organization in a system",
"word": "hajoaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of physical health; an instance of this",
"word": "kunnon romahtaminen"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "koláps",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кола́пс"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ineenstorting"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "instorting"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inzakking"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inzinking"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zenuwinstorting"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "murtuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "romahdus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crise de nerfs"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crise nerveuse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nervenzusammenbruch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katárrefsi",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάρρευση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "klonismós",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κλονισμός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitmotetut",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "התמוטטות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "idegösszeomlás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "ideg-összeroppanás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "kiborulás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "összeomlás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"word": "összeroppanás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cliseadh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colapso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolláps",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "колла́пс"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nervnyj sryv",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нервный срыв"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstrójstvo",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "расстро́йство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ataque de nervios"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colapso nervioso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(sudden) worsening of mental stability; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sammanbrott"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "injury to a horse’s leg causing lameness; an instance of this",
"word": "jalkavamma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of splitting logs of wood using a large saw in a sawmill; the saw used; the building in which the process is carried out",
"word": "pelkkaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down",
"word": "breikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down",
"word": "välisoitto"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "brekḍāun",
"sense": "part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ब्रेकडाउन"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brejk",
"sense": "part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брейк"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shuffling dance common among African-Americans from the Southern United States",
"word": "breakdown-tanssi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brejk",
"sense": "shuffling dance common among African-Americans from the Southern United States",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брейк"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo",
"word": "breikki"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brejk",
"sense": "piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брейк"
}
],
"word": "breakdown"
}
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