- (usually in compounds) a tool that is used to open things
- a can opener
- a bottle-opener
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- the first in a series of things such as sports games; the first action in an event, a game, etc.
- They won the opener 4–2.
- Jones scored the opener.
- a good conversation opener
- (in cricket) either of the two batters who start playTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Idioms
See opener in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfor openers
- (especially North American English, informal) as a beginning or first part of a process synonym for starters
- For openers, the band played a track from their new album.
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