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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun opener has 3 senses
- opener(n = noun.event) Array - the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees" is a kind of start
- opener(n = noun.person) undoer, unfastener, untier - a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- opener(n = noun.artifact) Array - a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans); Array has particulars: bottle opener, can opener, tin opener, latchstring
Derived form verb open4
Derived form verb open1
is a kind of hand tool
Derived form verb open1
CIDE DICTIONARY
opener, n.
- One who, or that which, opens. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A bottle opener or a can opener; as, you need an opener to get the cap off. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
opener, n.
1 a device for opening tins, bottles, etc.
2 colloq. the first item on a programme etc.
3 Cricket an opening batsman.
1 a device for opening tins, bottles, etc.
2 colloq. the first item on a programme etc.
3 Cricket an opening batsman.
Idiom
for openers colloq. to start with.
THESAURUS
opener
bottle opener, can opener, church key, clavis, coming out, corkscrew, curtain raiser, debut, embarkation, embarkment, first appearance, floating, flotation, inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment, introduction, key, latchkey, latchstring, launching, maiden speech, master key, open sesame, passkey, preliminary, skeleton key, tin opener, unveilingROGET THESAURUS
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Instrumentality
N instrumentality, aid, subservience, subserviency, mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand, agency, minister, handmaid, midwife, accoucheur, accoucheuse, obstetrician, gobetween, cat's-paw, stepping-stone, opener, key, master key, passkey, latchkey, open sesame, passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password, instrument, expedient, means, instrumental, useful, ministerial, subservient, mediatorial, intermediate, intervening, conducive, through, by, per, whereby, thereby, hereby, by the agency of, by dint of, by virtue of, in virtue of, through the medium of, along with, on the shoulders of, by means of, by the aid of, with the aid of, per fas et nefas, by fair means or foul, somehow, somehow or other, by hook or by crook.Opening
N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.
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