icebreaker

noun

Definition of icebreakernext
1
as in supper

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2
as in barge

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Recent Examples of icebreaker Even if a connection is made, men can only send a single free icebreaker and extend the connection another day. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026 Lead a warm icebreaker at work and post a heartfelt note that encourages people to try something new alongside you, generously. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026 After all, a book is just the icebreaker at a local meeting of the Silent Book Club, which has events all over the world. — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 6 June 2026 Russia is also compelling private foreign vessels in the NSR to use Russian ice pilots and icebreaker escorts. — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for icebreaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for icebreaker
  1. supper
  2. barge
  3. tea
  4. liner
  5. social
  6. tanker
  7. symposium
  8. steamship
Noun
  • Perhaps you’re used to ordering omelets alongside bacon and hash browns for brunch, but this hearty egg dish is also an ideal solo supper.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The service Warm and efficient, offering to show you around the historic corners of the hotel, remembering coffee orders at breakfast, and recommending dishes on the menu as if cooking supper in their own home.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of supper
Noun
  • The winning projects range from a floating food forest on a barge by Mary Mattingly to a nomadic dome for the exchange of Somali ancestral knowledge and contemporary art.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • According to Nova, the shipment of equipment left Seattle by barge on August 26 and should arrive at Port MacKenzie, Alaska, in early September.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • The full-service kitchen came equipped with a small dining table, stove, oven, microwave, fridge, a tea/coffee station, and multiple closets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Before her wedding, Jepsen tells me, the bridal party had tea at the Plaza.
    — Katie Heaney, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tea
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  • After right fielder Jung Hoo Lee made a sliding catch on Francisco Lindor’s sinking liner, the Giants intentionally walked Soto after Seymour threw two pitches out of the strike zone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In Wednesday’s loss, the team’s most consistent reliever, Jacob Webb, took a liner off his right forearm and exited the game.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of liner
Noun
  • Hair loss and skin irritation during her time managing social at Huda Beauty in Dubai turned out to be caused by water quality, not product routine, an insight that would take years to translate into a viable brand.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 June 2026
Definition of social
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  • The tanker was hit by four projectiles fired by US forces, Tasnim reported.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Crude-tanker stocks have led the rally, up 120% year-to-date, followed by car carriers, gas carriers and dry-bulk shippers, Lloyd's data show.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the group has donated to the University of Florida’s foundation and has helped to underwrite McCurdy’s annual kratom symposium, attended by about 100 scientists, to promote research into kratom’s therapeutic potential.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of symposium
Noun
  • Most reached the region by steamship to Skagway or nearby Dyea, Alaska, before attempting to cross the Coast Mountains via the White Pass or Chilkoot trails.
    — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of steamship

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