"icebreaker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkəɹ/ [US] Forms: icebreakers [plural]
Etymology: ice + breaker, in the figurative sense from the expression to break the ice. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ice|breaker}} ice + breaker, {{m|en|break the ice|to break the ice}} to break the ice Head templates: {{en-noun}} icebreaker (plural icebreakers)
  1. A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas. Translations (ship designed to break through ice): كَسَّارَةْ جَلِيد (kassārat jalīd) [feminine] (Arabic), սառցահատ (saṙcʿahat) (Armenian), buzqıran (Azerbaijani), ледако́л (ljedakól) [masculine] (Belarusian), ледоразбивач (ledorazbivač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), trencaglaç [masculine] (Catalan), 破冰船 (pòbīngchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), ledoborec [masculine] (Czech), isbryder [common-gender] (Danish), ijsbreker [masculine] (Dutch), glacirompilo (Esperanto), jäälõhkuja (Estonian), jäänmurtaja (Finnish), brise-glace [masculine] (French), crebaxeos [masculine] (Galician), Eisbrecher [masculine] (German), παγοθραύστης (pagothráfstis) [masculine] (Greek), παγοθραυστικό (pagothrafstikó) [neuter] (Greek), παγοθραυστικό πλοίο (pagothrafstikó ploío) [neuter] (Greek), שוברת קרח (Hebrew), jégtörő (Hungarian), jégtörő hajó (Hungarian), jermakka (Ingrian), rompighiaccio [masculine] (Italian), 砕氷船 (saihyōsen) (alt: さいひょうせん) (Japanese), 쇄빙선 (swaebingseon) (alt: 碎氷船) (Korean), ledlauzis (Latvian), ledlaužis (Lithuanian), Äisbriecher [masculine] (Luxembourgish), мразокр́шач (mrazokŕšač) [masculine] (Macedonian), kapal pemecah air batu (Malay), isbryter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lodołamacz [masculine] (Polish), quebra-gelo [masculine] (Portuguese), spărgător de gheață [neuter] (Romanian), ледоко́л (ledokól) [masculine] (Russian), ледоломац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ledolomac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ľadoborec [masculine] (Slovak), ledolomilec [masculine] (Slovene), rompehielos [masculine] (Spanish), isbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish), buzkıran (Turkish), кригола́м (kryholám) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tàu phá băng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-icebreaker-en-noun-enliUK1z Disambiguation of 'ship designed to break through ice': 90 8 1
  2. (figurative) A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Watercraft Translations (game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people): ijsbreker [masculine] (Dutch), interkono (Esperanto), kevennys (Finnish), Kennenlernspiel [neuter] (German), jégtörő (english: literal) (Hungarian), bemelegítő (Hungarian), bemelegítés (Hungarian), ráhangoló (Hungarian), ráhangolódás (Hungarian), feloldódás (Hungarian), isbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-icebreaker-en-noun-4B7ujD3r Disambiguation of Watercraft: 30 55 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 70 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 58 20 Disambiguation of 'game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people': 5 90 4
  3. (theater) A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-icebreaker-en-noun-Ds---Dps Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ice breaker, ice-breaker Derived forms: heavy icebreaker, oblique icebreaker Related terms: break the ice, passagemaker, social lubricant

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          "word": "кригола́м"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kassārat jalīd",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "كَسَّارَةْ جَلِيد"
    },
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      "roman": "saṙcʿahat",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "սառցահատ"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "buzqıran"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljedakól",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ледако́л"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ledorazbivač",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ледоразбивач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trencaglaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòbīngchuán",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "破冰船"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ledoborec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "isbryder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ijsbreker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "glacirompilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "jäälõhkuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "jäänmurtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brise-glace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crebaxeos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eisbrecher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pagothráfstis",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παγοθραύστης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pagothrafstikó",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "παγοθραυστικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pagothrafstikó ploío",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "παγοθραυστικό πλοίο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "שוברת קרח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "jégtörő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "jégtörő hajó"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "jermakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rompighiaccio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいひょうせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saihyōsen",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "砕氷船"
    },
    {
      "alt": "碎氷船",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "swaebingseon",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "쇄빙선"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "ledlauzis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "ledlaužis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Äisbriecher"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mrazokŕšač",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мразокр́шач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "kapal pemecah air batu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isbryter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lodołamacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quebra-gelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spărgător de gheață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ledokól",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ледоко́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ледоломац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ledolomac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ľadoborec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ledolomilec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rompehielos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "isbrytare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "buzkıran"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kryholám",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кригола́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
      "word": "tàu phá băng"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ijsbreker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "interkono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "kevennys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kennenlernspiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "literal",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "jégtörő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "bemelegítő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "bemelegítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "ráhangoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "ráhangolódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "word": "feloldódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "isbrytare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "icebreaker"
}

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