English-Dutch translations for icebreaker

• ijsbreker
  Uw voorzitterschap moet een ijsbreker zijn. This presidency needs to be an icebreaker!
  We zien dat China bezig is met de bouw van een ijsbreker. We observe that China is even now building an icebreaker.
  Dat ijsbrekers sneller gaan dan vrachttreinen is absurd. Hierbij moet wel worden aangemerkt dat Finse ijsbrekers niet erg langzaam zijn. The fact that icebreakers travel more quickly than goods trains is absurd (not that Finnish icebreakers are particularly slow!).

Definition of icebreaker

• A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas
• A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other
• A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical

Examples

• The steel hulls of ice-breakers are much thicker than those of standard vessels
• 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.

Related words

• servicebransch
• specialist/konsult inom servicebranchen