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breather
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
breather
(noun)
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breather
/
ˈ
briːðɚ/
noun
plural
breathers
breather
/
ˈ
briːðɚ/
noun
plural
breathers
Learner's definition of BREATHER
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]
1
:
a pause for rest
:
break
Let's take a
breather
.
He decided to give them a
breather
.
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2
:
someone or something that breathes in a specified way
a mouth
breather
[=a person who breathes through the mouth rather than through the nose]
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