rock breaker

Quarry splitting tool

A rock breaker is a powerful hydraulic hammer mounted on construction equipment, used to demolish concrete or break apart large stones: The rock breaker made quick work of the old foundation.

The term also applies to workers who break rocks, whether in quarries, on chain gangs, or in geological fieldwork.

Related

concrete · rubble · excavator · heavy machinery · mining · blasting cap · granite · boulder · pounding · debris · drill · construction · stone · stone cold · shatter · pulverize · heavy · brute force

Opposites
function/action

rock breakerstone mason

One who cuts, shapes stone

mortar · cement · cement mixer · bricklayer · adhesive

material transformation

rock breakerlapidary

Worker of precious stones

rock tumbler · chisel

geological process

rock breakerrock formation

Natural stone arrangement

petrification · sedimentation · crystallization · volcanic formation

Family

rock, breaker, rocks, rocked, rocking, rocky, rockier, rockiest, break

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G