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- Dictionarybreath·er/ˈbrēT͟Hər/
noun
- 1. a brief pause for rest: informal "the director is taking a breather from his furious schedule"
- 2. a vent or valve to release pressure or to allow air to move freely around something: "a cask breather"
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1. : one that breathes. 2. : a break in activity for rest or relief. 3. : a small vent in an otherwise airtight enclosure. Synonyms. break. breath. interruption. lull. pause. recess. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of breather in a Sentence.
a brief rest after a period of work: Let’s take a breather before we finish loading the truck. (Definition of breather from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of breather. breather. Perhaps they will get a little breather now, and they will need it.
noun. a pause, as for breath. Synonyms: intermission, recess, timeout, break, rest. vigorous exercise that causes heavy breathing. breathe. a person who breathes. a vent in a container or covering, as in a casing for machinery or in a storage tank, to equalize interior and exterior pressure, permit entry of air, escape of fumes, or the like.
Breather is an informal word for a short rest or a brief break after work. Learn how to use it in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.
Definitions of breather. noun. air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time. synonyms: schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather. see more. noun. a short respite.
Definition of breather noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. a. one who breathes in a certain way. a mouth breather. b. Slang. one who telephones another person and then breathes audibly instead of talking.