Word Study
self-service |
self-serving |
self-slaughter |
self-sowed |
self-sown |
self-starter
| self-stimulation
| self-styled
| self-sufficiency
| self-sufficient
| self-sufficing
self-starter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun self-starter has 2 senses
- self-starter(n = noun.person) Array - an energetic person with unusual initiative; Array is a kind of ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse
- self-starter(n = noun.artifact) Array - an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine; Array has parts: electric motor
is a part of ice, internal-combustion engine
is a kind of starter, starter motor, starting motor
CIDE DICTIONARY
self-starter, n.
A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand; -- called also a starter . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
self-starter, n.
1 an electric appliance for starting a motor vehicle engine without the use of a crank.
2 an ambitious person who needs no external motivation.
1 an electric appliance for starting a motor vehicle engine without the use of a crank.
2 an ambitious person who needs no external motivation.
For further exploring for "self-starter" in Webster Dictionary Online
