opener

o·pen·er  (p-nr)

n.

1. One that opens, especially a device used to cut open cans or pry up bottle caps.

2. Games

a. The player who starts the betting in cards.

b. openers Cards of sufficient value to enable the holder to open the betting.

3. The first act in a theatrical variety show.

4. Sports The first game in a series.

Idiom:

for openers Informal

To begin with: "Out of 54 potential jurors, they knocked 20 off . . . just for openers" (Joseph DiMona).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	opener - the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees" start - the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"
	2.	opener - a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces" unfastener, untier, undoer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	opener - a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans) bottle opener - an opener for removing caps or corks from bottles can opener, tin opener - a device for cutting cans open hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands latchstring - opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside

Translations

opener [ˈəupnəʳ] n (also: can opener) (also: tin opener) → abrelatas m inv

opener [ˈəupnəʳ] n (also: can opener) (also: tin opener) → ouvre-boîtes m

opener [ˈəupnəʳ] open n (also: tin opener, can opener) → Dosenöffner m

opener [ˈəupnəʳ] n (also: can opener) (also: tin opener) → apriscatole m inv