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starter definition

starter (-ər)

noun

a person or thing that starts; specif.,
  1. the first in a series
  2. a person or animal that starts in a race or game
  3. a person who gives the signal to start, as in a race
  4. a person who supervises the departure of commercial trucks, buses, etc.
  5. any of various devices for initiating motion in an internal-combustion engine; specif., an electric motor briefly activated by the ignition switch and powered by the battery to turn the flywheel
  6. a device within a fluorescent lamp or other discharge lamp, for initiating high voltage across the electrodes
  7. a pure culture used to start fermentation of cream, etc.
  8. the first course of a meal; appetizer
  9. ☆ Baseball a pitcher who starts a game
starter Idioms

for starters

Informal to begin with

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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