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Starter

ˈstɑːtə

Starter definitions

noun

Inflections:

starter starters

a person or thing that starts in a specified way

"I'm just a slow starter"
- a person who gives the signal for the start of a race
- a horse, competitor, or player taking part in a race or game at the start
  
  "the trainer has confirmed Cool Ground as a definite starter"
- the pitcher who starts the game
- a topic, question, or other item with which to start a group discussion or course of study
  
  "material to act as a starter for discussion"
- denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc.
  
  "consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone"
an automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle

"the starter motor"
- a railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or other location
the first course of a meal
a plan or idea that has a chance of succeeding and is therefore worthy of consideration

"she began to think that she must move away, yet she knew that it was not even a starter"
a bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter
- a mixture of fermenting dough reserved from an earlier batch of baking, used to initiate fermentation in fresh dough
- a preparation of chemicals to initiate the breakdown of vegetable matter in making compost