break-down

English

Noun

break-down (plural break-downs)

1. Alternative form of breakdown
   • 1835, Robert Browning, “III.—Paracelsus.”, in Paracelsus, London: Effingham Wilson, […], →OCLC, page 92:

     I am quite competent to answer all / Demands, in any such capacity— / But of the break-down of my general aims: […]