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Starter

noun

An electric motor for starting an engine. Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor.

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. Synonym: dispatcher.

Any new participant in some activity. Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer.

Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course). Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer.

A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle. Synonym: 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.

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"Starter" Quotes from Famous Books

... represented both Life and Death, and represented the latter only in a minor sense and owing to the fact that the Female Principle of Life was regarded as the necessary reverse, negative, or complement of the Male Principle; which latter, having of the two the better claim to be considered the starter of life, was the one more particularly identified with Life and therefore ...

— The Non-Christian Cross - An Enquiry Into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion • John Denham Parsons

... distance. History was afraid to move in the dark, for fear that he might step out of the frying-pan into the fire; but Tug, always ready to take even the most desperate chance, thought, he would make a bolt for it. He put one foot forward as a starter, but found no ground in front of him. He felt about cautiously with his toe, and discovered that he was standing at the brink of a ledge. How deep the ravine in front of him was, he could only imagine, and in spite of his courage he shivered at the thought of ...

— The Dozen from Lakerim • Rupert Hughes

... the start. Pistol in hand, the starter stood ready to give the signal. His voice was heard bidding ...

— Frank Merriwell's Races • Burt L. Standish

... quiet, the band was still, even the noisy programme venders ceased calling their wares, and the photographer stood quietly beside his camera, the motor humming, his hand on the switch that starts the internal machinery. Suddenly the starter dropped his arm, the barring gate flew up, and the horses sprang forward. "They're off!" came from a thousand throats in unison. The band struck up a lively air, and the vast assemblage watched with excited eyes the flying horses. As the horses swept on round the turn ...

— Stories of Inventors - The Adventures Of Inventors And Engineers • Russell Doubleday

... is capable of running and intelligently taking care of a reciprocating engine can run and take care of a turbine, but if he is to be anything more than a starter and stopper, it is necessary that he should know what is inside of the casing, what must be done and avoided to prevent derangement, and to keep the machine ...

— Steam Turbines - A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of - the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers • Hubert E. Collins

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