"water break" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water breaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water break (plural water breaks)
  1. A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes), allowing people to fetch a drink. Categories (topical): Rest Translations (rest period during the business day): juomatauko (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_break-en-noun-8o2qDR6v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'rest period during the business day': 99 1
  2. Alternative form of waterbreak (in various senses) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: waterbreak (extra: in various senses)
    Sense id: en-water_break-en-noun-yWynxGdN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coffee break

Inflected forms

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