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▸ noun: A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
▸ noun: (in combination) An establishment that opens.
▸ noun: (card games) The player who starts the betting.
▸ noun: (card games, in the plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
▸ noun: (metalworking) A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
▸ noun: (theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.
▸ noun: (cricket) A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
▸ noun: (colloquial) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
▸ noun: (sports) The first game played in a competition.
▸ noun: (sports) The first goal or point scored.
▸ noun: (fishing) A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
▸ noun: (baseball) A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
Similar:
door opener,
jar opener,
broacher,
uncorker,
beginner,
starter,
usherer,
unlocker,
unveiler,
establisher,
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