Opener

Quick meaning: Opener is a noun meaning A person who opens something.

Meaning

A person who opens something.

More Meanings

1. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
2. (in combination) An establishment that opens.
3. (card games) The player who starts the betting.
4. (card games, in the plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
5. (metalworking) A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
6. (theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.
7. (cricket) A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.

Example Sentences

The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.

The letter y is also used for the slightly opener non-fricative sound heard in English year.

The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.

Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"?

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include commencement, unlock, rebuttal, inauguration, release, aperture.

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