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Starter
//ˈstɑɹ.tɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 Someone who starts, or who starts something.
"The most charitable view taken of them by their colleagues was that, as late starters on the journey away from their Labour past, they had not fully understood that the SDP intended to be something new and not just a Mark II Labour Party […]"
- 2 a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough wordnet
- 3 Someone who starts, or who starts something.; The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- 4 a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle wordnet
- 5 Someone who starts, or who starts something.; A starting pitcher.
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- 6 an electric motor for starting an engine wordnet
- 7 Someone who starts, or who starts something.; A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- 8 food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) wordnet
- 9 Something that starts something.; An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- 10 any new participant in some activity wordnet
- 11 Something that starts something.; A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- 12 the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition wordnet
- 13 Something that starts something.; A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
- 14 a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning wordnet
- 15 Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
"It's small, but it's a good starter house."
- 16 The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- 17 A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
"Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga wasn’t a starter at Fulham."
- 18 A dog that rouses game.
- 19 A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy. British, historical
- 20 Ellipsis of starter signal. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"The colour-light signals admitting directly to the platforms and the inner starters (for short-length departures well up the platforms) are two-aspect, while those immediately beyond them are three-aspect, but elsewhere four-aspect signals have been installed in association with route indicators."
Etymology
From start + -er.
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