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icebreaker

English

Alternative forms

  • ice breaker, ice-breaker

Etymology

ice +? breaker, in the figurative sense from the expression to break the ice.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?a?s?b?e?k??/

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.
    Coordinate term: slushbreaker
  2. (figuratively) A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other.
  3. (theater) A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical.

Translations

See also

  • break the ice
  • passagemaker

Further reading

  • icebreaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “icebreaker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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iceboat

English

Alternative forms

  • ice boat

Etymology

ice +? boat

Noun

iceboat (plural iceboats)

  1. An ice yacht.
  2. An icebreaker; a ship that breaks through ice.

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