What it means
- (noun) A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed “We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.”
- (noun) A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability “After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.”
- (noun) Listing, division or categorization in great detail “Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.”
- (noun) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
- (noun) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
- (noun) A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
- (noun) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
- (noun) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.
- (noun) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
- (noun) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo. “"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"”
- (noun) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
Words that mean the same
Letter analysis
- Breakdowns contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 10 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 20.
Related words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with BRE
- breach
- breached
- breaches
- breaching
- bread
- breadbasket
- breadbaskets
- breaded
- breadfruit
- breadfruits
- breading
- breads
- breadth
- breadths
- breadwinner
- breadwinners
- break
- breakable
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Words ending with WNS
Sub-words
- breakdown
- broadens
- rawboned
- bankers
- bonkers
- broaden
- browned
- browsed
- darkens
- debarks
- downers
- onwards
- swanked
- swanker
- wanders
- wardens
- wonders
- abodes
- adobes
- adores
- adorns
- anodes
- answer
- awoken
- bakers
- banked
- banker
- barked
- barons
- basked
- beards
- boards
- boners
- bowers
- braked
- brakes
- brands
- breads
- breaks
- broads
- broken
- browns
- browse
- danker
- darken
- debark
- debars
- downer
- drakes
- drones
- drowns
- drowse
- endows
- kneads
- narked
- onward
- owners
- ranked
- reason
Common questions
What does Breakdowns mean?
A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
How many letters are in Breakdowns?
Breakdowns has 10 letters.
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