opener

Meanings

Plural: openers

Noun

• the first event in a series
  • "she played Chopin for her opener"
  • "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees"
• a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
• a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)
• A person who opens something.
• A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
• An establishment that opens.
• The player who starts the betting.
• Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
• A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
• The first act in a variety show or concert.
• A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
• The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
• The first game played in a competition.
• The first goal or point scored.
• A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
• A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.

Adj

• comparative form of open: more open

Synonyms

undoer, unfastener, untier