Opener Definition

ōpə-nər
openers
noun
openers
A person or thing that opens.
Webster's New World
Any of several devices for opening bottles, cans, etc.
Webster's New World
The player who starts the betting in cards.
American Heritage
Cards of sufficient value to allow a player to open the betting.
Webster's New World
A remark that initiates a conversation.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
for openers
  • To begin with:
American Heritage
for openers
  • to begin with
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Opener

Noun

Singular:
opener
Plural:
openers

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Opener

Origin of Opener

  • From open + -er.

    From Wiktionary

Opener Sentence Examples

  • He pulled out a drawer and selected a wooden handled letter opener with gold inlay.

  • The lap is taken to the filling engine, which is similar in construction and appearance to the opener as far as the feeding arrangements are concerned, but the drum, in place of being entirely covered with fine steel teeth, is spaced at intervals of from 5 to to in.

  • Some kinds are made close and dense in texture, for carrying such seed as poppy or rape and sugar; others less close are used for rice, pulses, and seeds of like size, and coarser and opener kinds again are woven for the outer cover of packages and for the sails of country boats.

  • De Wette has been described by Julius Wellhausen as "the epoch-making opener of the historical criticism of the Pentateuch."

  • The more general practice, however, is to employ what is termed a "bale opener," or "jute crusher."

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Words Starting With

OOPOPE

Words Ending With

RERNER

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opener

Words Starting With O and Ending With R

Starts With O & Ends With RStarts With OP & Ends With RStarts With O & Ends With ER

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With O6 Letter Words Ending With R