Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bio-break

/ˈbaɪoʊˌbɹeɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: bio-break
IPA: /ˈbaɪoʊˌbɹeɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A collective visit to a bathroom or restroom or stop to relieve oneself, especially during an established time or break in a group event.

Informal

Example Sentences

"We stopped once for a bio-break at a road side gas station. Most of us (including a few women) used the bushes because it took too long to get in the bathrooms."
""You are either going to stop for a gas break, meal break or a bio break. At these facilities you can do all three.""
"Bin-Laden says his hatred of flush toilets stems from an incident in his youth when he was visiting London with his family and faced with nature's urge to take a bio-break was shocked to see his first flush toilet."
"There is barely time for a bio break in between events."

Etymology

From bio- + break.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbaɪoʊˌbɹeɪk/
British English: /ˈbaɪəʊˌbɹeɪk/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

bio-breaks (plural) bio break (alternative) biobreak (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bio-break?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaɪoʊˌbɹeɪk/.
What does bio-break mean?: A collective visit to a bathroom or restroom or stop to relieve oneself, especially during an established time or break in a group event.
Where does bio-break come from?: From bio- + break.

How to pronounce bio-break

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