Usually means: Barrier for racers at start.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. starting gate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. starting gate: Merriam-Webster
  3. starting gate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. starting gate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. starting gate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. starting gate: Vocabulary.com
  7. starting-gate: Wordnik
  8. starting gate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. starting gate: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. starting gate: Dictionary.com
  11. Starting gate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. starting gate: Rhymezone
  13. starting gate: FreeDictionary.org
  14. starting gate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. starting gate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. starting gate: Wiktionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Starting gate: Sports Definitions

(Note: See starting_gates as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (starting gate)

noun:  (equestrianism, dog racing) A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow all the racing animals out at the same time.
noun:  (figurative) The beginning

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