Starter - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈstɑːrtər|
Brit.
|ˈstɑːtə|
noun
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition (syn: dispatcher)
- any new participant in some activity (syn: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newcomer)
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) (syn: appetizer)
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle (syn: crank)
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition (syn: dispatcher)
- any new participant in some activity (syn: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newcomer)
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) (syn: appetizer)
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle (syn: crank)
- 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
Extra examples
The team is playing only five regular starters.
The car's starter needs to be replaced.
We had soup as a starter, followed by steak.
Of the seven starters, only three finished the race.
The starter fired his gun.
Shall we have a vegetable soup or salad as a starter?
There were only 20 odd finishers out of 100 starters.
£75 seems a lot to pay for a starter motor, but it's either that or a new car!
The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.
Word forms
noun
singular: starter
plural: starters
singular: starter
plural: starters
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