See also: Daybreak and day-break

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daybreak over the Arbizon

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day +‎ break

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪbɹeɪk/
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daybreak (countable and uncountable, plural daybreaks)

  1. Dawn.
    • 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
      Osnabrück, reached at daybreak, is a remarkable two-level station on the lines of Willesden Junction.

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The time of daybreak varies throughout the year, except near the equator.

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