| primer | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. primer | an introductory textbook. |
| ~ school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, text | a book prepared for use in schools or colleges.; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" |
| ~ speller | an introductory textbook to teach spelling. |
| ~ hornbook | a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. |
| ~ detonating fuse | a fuse containing an explosive. |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.; "do you have a light?" |
| ~ safety fuse | a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance. |
| ~ time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. flat coat, ground, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. |
| ~ coat of paint | a layer of paint covering something else. |
| ~ couch | a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer. |
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