"commercial break" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: commercial breaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} commercial break (plural commercial breaks)
  1. An interval, during, or between television or radio programmes, during which advertisements are aired. Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: ad break Translations (Translations): რეკლამა (reḳlama) (Georgian), stacco pubblicitario [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-commercial_break-en-noun-48JD1Akn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Georgian terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

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