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starter   (TTS Sound)

The noun starter has 7 senses

• starter, starter motor, starting motor -- (an electric motor for starting an engine)


• starter -- (a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning)


• starter, dispatcher -- (the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition)


• newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant -- (any new participant in some activity)


• appetizer, appetiser, starter -- (food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course))


• crank, starter -- (a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle)


• starter -- (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")