BREAKING WAVE

  

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BREAKING WAVE

Specialty Definition: BREAKING WAVE

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

A wave whose front becomes so steep that the wave crest tumbles over in the direction of travel, producing turbulent water and foam. They represent a particular hazard to small vessels. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BREAKING WAVE

Specialty definitions using "BREAKING WAVE": green room. (references)

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Modern Translation: BREAKING WAVE

Language Translations for "BREAKING WAVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

styrtsø (billow, breaking sea). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

brekende golf,overslaande golf (billow, breaking sea). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyrsky (surf, surge). (various references)

   

French

  

Vague dont la pente devient si abrupte que son sommet se renverse vers l'avant en se brisant et en formant des remous et de l'écume.La vague déferlante est particulièrement dangereuse pour les petits navires et embarcations. (breaking sea), vague déferlante (breaking sea), déferlante (breaking sea). (various references)

   

German

  

Brecher (breaker, crusher, roller), brechende Welle (billow, breaking sea). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κύμα που σπάει πάνω στο πλοίο (billow, breaking sea), θραυόμενο κύμα (billow, breaking sea). (various references)

   

Italian

  

frangente (awkward situation, beachcomber, breaker), cavallone (roller). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eakingbray aveway

   

Portuguese

  

vaga rebentando (billow, breaking sea), mar de rolo (billow, breaking sea). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rompiente (surge, swell), ola rompiente (billow, breaking sea). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BREAKING WAVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-g-i-k-n-r-v-w"

-3 letters: beavering, bereaving, reawaking, reweaving.

-4 letters: awakener, beraking, bewaring, brakeage, breakage, breaking, reawaken, rewaking, verbiage, wavering, wreaking.

-5 letters: airwave, anergia, avenger, average, awaking, bargain, barking, beakier, bearing, braking, braving, brewage, brewing, engrave, gawkier, ikebana, inweave, kerbing, reaving, reawake, rebegan, rebegin, reeking, reeving, reginae, regiven, rewaken, vaginae, veering, verbena, vinegar, wakener, warking, wearing, weaving.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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