Definitions for icebreakerˈaɪsˌbreɪ kər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ice•break•erˈaɪsˌbreɪ kər(n.)

  1. a ship specially built for breaking navigable passages through ice.

    Category: Navy

  2. something that eases tension or relieves formality.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. a tool for chopping ice into small pieces.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. icebreaker, iceboat(noun)

    a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation

  2. icebreaker(noun)

    a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere

    "he told jokes as an icebreaker"

Wiktionary

  1. icebreaker(Noun)

    A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

    The steel hulls of ice-breakers are much thicker than those of standard vessels.

  2. icebreaker(Noun)

    A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other.

    The new college hallmates were awkward with each other at first, but after a game of charades as an icebreaker, they were laughing like old friends.


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