Noun | 1. | starter - an electric motor for starting an engine electrical system - equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio electric motor - a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work kick start, kick starter - a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body self-starter - an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine |
2. | starter - a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning contestant - a person who participates in competitions starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game | |
3. | starter - the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" | |
4. | starter - any new participant in some activity | |
5. | ![]() course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" antipasto - a course of appetizers in an Italian meal canape - an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food cocktail - an appetizer served as a first course at a meal hors d'oeuvre - a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal crudites - raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip | |
6. | starter - a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle crank handle, starting handle - crank used to start an engine hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands | |
7. | starter - a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter" culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" |