breaktime

Definitions

1. A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. A break for schoolchildren between lessons.
   UK, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“2007, National Labor Relations Board⟳ (U.S.) (editor), Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board⟳, Volume 346: November 28, 2005—May 8, 2006, page 39, Supervisor Laws asserts that when the incident occurred it was not the breaktime of either Tingler or Parnell. (4:760,789.)”

“It tends to evaluate⟳ the liking for, and the acceptance of, the pupils in their class as peers, rather than asking children to specifically select⟳ their friends, breaktime and home companions.”

“The significance of breaktimes as a mechanism for children to develop⟳ social competence is highlighted in much of Peter Blatchford's work⟳.”

“Designed by architects working for Norman Foster, it had no playground and no morning breaktime.”

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