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o·pen·er    Audio Help   [oh-puh-ner] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or thing that opens.
2.a device for opening sealed containers: can opener.
3.the first of several theatrical numbers, variety acts, sports events, etc.: a humorous monologue as an opener.
4.openers, Poker. cards in a hand, as a pair of jacks or better, that according to a given standard are worth enough to enable the holder to make the first bet of a deal.
—Idiom
5.for openers, as an initially stated reason or argument; at the outset; to begin with: Well, for openers, I don't have the money.
[Origin: 1540–50; open + -er1]
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o·pen·er    Audio Help   (ō'pə-nər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One that opens, especially a device used to cut open cans or pry up bottle caps.
  2. Games
    1. The player who starts the betting in cards.
    2. 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.

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opener

noun
1. the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees" 
2. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces" [syn: undoer] 
3. a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans) 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈopener noun
something that opens (something)
Example: a tin-opener
Arabic: مِفْتاح، فَتّاحه
Chinese (Simplified): 开瓶刀
Chinese (Traditional): 開瓶刀
Czech: otvírák
Danish: åbner; -åbner
Dutch: opener
Estonian: avaja
Finnish: avaaja
French: ouvre-…
German: der Öffner
Greek: ανοιχτήρι
Hungarian: nyitó
Icelandic: opnari
Indonesian: pembuka
Italian: apri-
Japanese: 開ける道具
Korean: 여는 것
Latvian: atvērējs
Lithuanian: atidariklis, atkimštukas
Norwegian: åpner, opptaker
Polish: otwieracz
Portuguese (Brazil): abridor
Portuguese (Portugal): abridor
Romanian: deschizător
Russian: приспособление для открывания; консервный нож
Slovak: otvárač
Slovenian: odpirač
Spanish: abridor
Swedish: öppnare
Turkish: açacak
See also: be an open secret, bring (something) out into the open, open-air, opening, openly, open-minded, open-plan, in the open, in the open air, keep/have an open mind, open, open on to, open to, open up, the open sea, with open arms, "opener" in any language

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