break off
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She unwrapped the slab of chocolate and broke off a piece."
- "The bees came and found no one but the Woodman to sting, so they flew at him and broke off all their stings against the tin, without hurting the Woodman at all."
- "A chunk of rock broke off from the cliff face."
- "Both families want the lovers to break off any relationship they may have."
- "When the yacht had passed the man resumed the conversation that her appearance had broken off."
- "In fact I never said it; she eventually realised I was someone else, and broke off the conversation abruptly."
Etymology
From Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken. By surface analysis, break + off.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: breke of, ofbreken