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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
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opener
noun
A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
(
card games
) The player who starts the betting.
(
card games
) (
in plural
openers
) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
(
theater
) The first act in a variety show.
(
cricket
) A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
(
colloquial
) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
Translations:
(
trans-top, device that opens something
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
)
tin-/can-opener
See
tin-opener
/
can-opener
bottle-opener
See
bottle opener
(
trans-top, player who starts the betting
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, openers: cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, first act in a variety show
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
)
Etymology:
From
open
+
-er
.
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