An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces. • A physical space that opens up in something or between two things. • An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with. • A rest or pause, usually from work. • A time for students to talk or play between lessons. • A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday. • A short holiday. • A temporary split with a romantic partner. • An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game. • A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention. • A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange. • The beginning (of the morning). • An act of escaping. • The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text. • A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution. • Ellipsis of breakpoint. • A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather. • A game won by the receiving player(s). • The first shot in a game of billiards. • The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table. • The counter-attack. • The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture. • A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water). • The start of a horse race. • The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers. • A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. • Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”) • A sharp bit or snaffle. • A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue. • The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register. • The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio. • An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US). • An error. • A crease or fold arising where the pants leg reaches the shoe.