Sekirov Dictionary

prebreak

adjective 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 4

adjective1

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Before a break.
- The Knicks’ prebreak ineptitude appeared set to continue on the game’s first possession, which ended with a shot-clock violation as Jamal Crawford air-balled a desperate 3-pointer. — 2008

noun1

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The initial stage of processing, in which material is prebroken.
- The incoming material is coarsely ground (prebreak), and placed in steam-jacketed cookers. — 1989

verb1

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To break up large chunks of material into a size that is more convenient for further processing.
- Prebreakers are used to prebreak or crush cocoa presscakes, fats, large fruit or vegetables, whole fish, bones, etc. — 1963

forms

prebroke · prebroken · prebreaking · prebreaks

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