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Image:Polarstern.gif|thumb|an icebreaker (ship)

Alternative spellings
ice breaker
ice-breaker

Pronunciation
(US) IPA|/�aɪs�breɪk�r/

Noun
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1. nautical 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.
#:*2005: My father's Bonneville was cutting its way toward us like an icebreaker moving through my whole state of consciousness. � Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 11)

1. A game, activity, humourous 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.

Translations
trans-top|a ship designed to break through ice
Dutch: ijsbreker m
Finnish: jäänmurtaja
French: brise-glace m
German: Eisbrecher m
Greek: �αγοθ�α���η� [�paɣo��θrafstis] m, �αγοθ�α���ικ� �λοίο [paɣo��θrafsti�ko� �pli�o�] n
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Japanese: �氷� (������� saihyousen)
Polish: lodo�amacz m
Swedish: isbrytare c
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trans-top|game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people
Finnish: kevennys
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Swedish: isbrytare c
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Related terms
break the ice

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