A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozenseas.The steel hulls of ice-breakers are much thicker than those of standard vessels.
2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, My father's Bonneville was cutting its way toward us like an icebreaker moving through my whole state of consciousness.
A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other.The new college hallmates were awkward with each other at first, but after a game of charades as an icebreaker, they were laughing like old friends.
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(game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc) break the ice
