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Word: opener (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
  • card games (''in plural'' '''openers''') Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
  • card games The player who starts the betting.
  • colloquial The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
  • cricket A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
  • theater The first act in a variety show.

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