opener

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/ UK /ˈəʊ.pən.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12802

Meanings

1

noun
a person who opens something

The unlawful opener of the sealed letter was arrested.
2

noun
the first event in a series

They played an etude for their opener.
3

noun
A person who opens something.

Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"?

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who opens something one who opens

Word family

Derived forms bottle-openereye-opener pew-openerpipe-opener

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Phrases (1)

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can opener
a tool that cuts or removes the lid of a sealed food can

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Topics

People & Society

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