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Definition of Starter

1. Noun. An electric motor for starting an engine.

2. Noun. A contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning.

3. Noun. The official who signals the beginning of a race or competition.

4. Noun. Any new participant in some activity.

5. Noun. Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course).

6. Noun. A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle.

7. Noun. 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"

Definition of Starter

1. n. One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

Definition of Starter

1. Noun. Someone who starts something. ¹

2. Noun. Something that starts something. ¹

3. Noun. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish. ¹

4. Noun. (sports) A player in the starting lineup ¹

5. Noun. A dog that rouses game. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Starter

1. one that starts [n -S] - See also: starts

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starter

start-up start-ups start codon start codons start off start off on the wrong foot start out start over start the ball rolling start up

startable startbox startboxes started started up starter (current term) starter dough starter doughs starter marriage starter marriages

starter motor starter strip starter strips starters startful startfulness starthistle starthistles starthroat starthroats

Literary usage of Starter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The starter is at its best just as the curd becomes firm, and the dairyman should plan to ... A glass jar is the best vessel in which to make a starter. ..."

2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"starter-Generator is located on the left side of the engine and connected ... The complete system consists of tliis starter-generator, the starter switch at ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The first form of self-starter was the ignition starter. ... Gas starter. • The acetylene gas idea of starting developed ^Tom both of these systems. ..."

4. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"Automatic Solenoid starter.—Fig. 154 shows a sliding contact type of starter ... With such an automatic starter it is not necessary to run the power mains ..."

5. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"Such a relay switch as that used in this type of automatic starter is shown in ... Automatic starter with Series Switches.—The closing electromagnets of the ..."

6. Annual Report by Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"3 ^ -$ It was found that when starter was added to cream in the churn it ... Adding the starter immediately after pasteurizing and allowing the cream to ..."

7. Milk and Its Products: A Treatise Upon the Nature and Qualities of Dairy by Henry Hiram Wing (1913)
"Usually a 6 to 8 per cent inoculation will ripen a starter in twelve hours at ... The starter is ripe when a curd forms. This curd should be soft and like ..."

8. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"If a manually operated starter is desired, a separate switch may be used ... Unit-switch motor starter with no-voltage release. which otherwise prevents the ..."

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