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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Crosswords: BREAKING WAVE |
| Specialty definitions using "BREAKING WAVE": green room. (references) |
| 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 vaga rebentando (billow, breaking sea), mar de rolo (billow, breaking sea). (various references) rompiente (surge, swell), ola rompiente (billow, breaking sea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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