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icebreaker

[ UK /ˈa‍ɪsbɹe‍ɪkɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere
    he told jokes as an icebreaker
  2. a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation

How To Use icebreaker In A Sentence

  • It's a metaphor too good not to overuse, which is why everything from insurance companies to arctic icebreakers have incorporated the word Sampo in their names. The Lure Of The Sampo
  • Each summer, up to eight CCG icebreakers provide not only scientific research platforms, search-and-rescue capability, pollution response capacity, support for commercial shipping engaged in the annual "sealift," and occasionally "platform" support for the RCMP and Armed Forces, but the big red and white hulls are also the main element in Canada's sovereignty presence in these waters... "A job for the Coast Guard"
  • An annual freshman icebreaker called " Dickerella, " in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint ...
  • Its Icebreaker brand is popular withyoung, image - conscious outdoor enthusiasts.
  • Less brine means "stiffer" ice that is more difficult for icebreakers to navigate and clear. Sea ice
  • This is a contrast particularly present in our minds at the very time when the Northwest Passage, that romantic dream of the navigator from the very beginning of the exploration of the American continent, a dream which was to prove the death of so many, is once again a matter of present exploration, with the ghosts of Frobisher and Franklin watching the progress of the Manhattan and her accompanying icebreakers. British Foreign Policy in Transition
  • The bow was plated with metal so it could handle that, but the ship had never been designed as an icebreaker.
  • Greg Tlapa, the executive officer of the Healy, told The Associated Press by satellite phone Monday afternoon as the icebreaker was about 111 miles south-southwest of Nome. Cordova, Alaska Snowfall Leaves Town Struggling To Dig Out
  • An annual freshman icebreaker called "Dickerella," in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint named Dick's, has become a farce.
  • See, a witty icebreaker that immediately unfroze a potentially awkward situation. Times, Sunday Times
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