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• Break (music)
  Break (music)
  
  In popular music a break is an instrumental or percussion instrument section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main section of the song or piece....
  , a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
• Break key
  Break key
  
  The break key on computer keyboards no longer has a well-defined purpose. Its origins go back to telegraph practices. A standard Telegraphy key has a built-in knife switch that can be used to short circuit the key's contacts....
  , a special key on computer keyboards
• Break (work)
  Break (work)
  
  A break at work is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from his/her job. There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer's policies, the break may or may not be paid....
  , time off during a shift
• Break or Break shot, the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker
  Snooker
  
  Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
   and billiards
  Billiards
  
  Cue sports are a wide variety of Game of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a Baize-covered billiards table bounded by rubber ....
  
• Break.com
  Break.com
  
  Break.com is a humor website founded in 1998 that features comedy videos, Adobe Flash games, and pictures among other material. The chief executive officer of Break is Keith Richman....
  , a popular college humor website
• "Break" (Bottom episode)
  Break (Bottom episode)
  
  Break is the third episode of the third series of United Kingdom television sitcom, Bottom . It was first broadcast on January 20th, 1995....
  
• Break, a computer language construct in programming
  Statement (programming)
  
  In computer programming a statement can be thought of as the smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language. A program is formed by a sequence of one or more statements....
   to terminate a loop or enclosing scope early
• Brake (carriage)
  Brake (carriage)
  
  A brake, also spelled break, was a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries. It was a large or small, open-topped, straight-bodied pleasure vehicle with four wheels, designed for country use....
   or break, a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries
• Horse breaking
  Horse breaking
  
  Horse breaking, sometimes called starting or gentling, refers to the process used by humans to get horses to let themselves be ridden or harnessed....
  , the process of training a horse to be ridden
• Recess (break)
• a coffee break
  Coffee break
  
  For the book, go to Coffee Break A coffee break is a daily social gathering for a snack and short downtime practiced by employees in business and industry....
  
• a vacation
• a station wagon
  Station wagon
  
  A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
  
• a prison escape
  Prison escape
  
  A prison escape or prison break is where a prisoner leaves their prison through unofficial or illegal ways, while an effort is made to recapture them by their original detainers....
  
• the action of gaining a confession
  Confession (legal)
  
  In the evidence , a confession is a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person....
   from a suspect in a criminal or espionage investigation.

See also

• Bone fracture
  Bone fracture
  
  A bone fracture is a medical condition in which a bone is cracked or broken. It is a break in the continuity of the bone. While many fractures are the result of high force impact force or Stress fracture, bone fracture can also occur as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis, certain types of cance...
  
• Break a leg
  Break a leg
  
  "Break a leg" is a well-known saying in theatre which means "Luck". It is typically said to actors before they go out onto stage to perform.The expression reflects a theatrical superstitions in which wishing a person "good luck" is considered bad luck....
  
• Breakwater (structure)
  Breakwater (structure)
  
  Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal management or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift....
  
• Breakdancing
• Broke
  Broke
  
  Broke may refer to:* To being currently out of money* The expression stone broke refers to a craftsman's stone bench being broken if he failed to pay his debts....
  
• Burglary
  Burglary
  
  Burglary is a crime the essence of which is entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary....