breakage
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of breakage
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The act of breaking.
“A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The act of breaking.
“A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.”
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(countable, uncountable)Something that has been broken.
“At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages.”
- (countable, uncountable)A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
- (countable, uncountable)The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age.
Words you can make from breakage
90 playable · top: BRAKEAGE (15 pts)
Best play brakeage 15 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
30 words- BAKE 10 pts
- BARK 10 pts
- BEAK 10 pts
- BERK 10 pts
- KBAR 10 pts
- KERB 10 pts
- GEEK 9 pts
- AKEE 8 pts
- ARAK 8 pts
- RAKE 8 pts
- REEK 8 pts
- BERG 7 pts
- BRAG 7 pts
- GARB 7 pts
- GRAB 7 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- AGAR 5 pts
- AGEE 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- RAGA 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- AREA 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- KAB 9 pts
- KEG 8 pts
- ARK 7 pts
- EEK 7 pts
- EKE 7 pts
- KAE 7 pts
- KEA 7 pts
- BAG 6 pts
- BEG 6 pts
- GAB 6 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
2-letter words
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