Definitions for opener

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opener o·pen·er

Spelling: [oh-puh-ner]

IPA: /ˈoʊ pə nər/

Opener is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in opener (eenopr).

Definitions for opener

noun

1. a person or thing that opens.
2. a device for opening sealed containers:
3. the first of several theatrical numbers, variety acts, sports events, etc.:
4. openers, Poker. cards in a hand, as a pair of jacks or better, that according to a given standard are worth enough to enable the holder to make the first bet of a deal.

Idioms

1. for openers, as an initially stated reason or argument; at the outset; to begin with:

Origin of opener

First recorded in 1540-50; open + -er¹

Examples for opener

It was "the opener of the Way" for the birth of the sun and the New Year.

I've lost the can opener, and I can't open this tin of peaches.

My sister's eyes were opener and bigger than ever I saw them before.

It was heartbreak for the Swiss, who conquered Spain in their opener, but Chile guaranteed its place in the last 16.

opener “Always in My Head” was a dreamy lost-love song with a chiming, circular guitar line—the perfect slow dance for Prom 2014.

The tool used to enlarge and accentuate the outline is called an opener.

Mrs. Sheridan dug an opener into a can of corn with a vigorous hand.

And in its opener, little seemed to improve as it played out a dull, frustrating tie with an uninspiring Uruguay side.

I see them beating us 17—13 in our opener in Milwaukee in 1961.

The opener checked, the boy next raised him two and Vernon dropped.