| starter | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. starter, starter motor, starting motor | 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. |
| n. (person) | 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. |
| n. (person) | 3. dispatcher, 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" |
| n. (person) | 4. entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter | any new participant in some activity. |
| ~ beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro, novice | someone new to a field or activity. |
| ~ enlistee, recruit | any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces). |
| n. (food) | 5. appetiser, appetizer, starter | food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course). |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. crank, 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. |
| n. (act) | 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" |
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