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   start·er

   /ˈstärdər/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that starts in a specified way: "I'm just a slow starter"
   • ▪ a person who gives the signal for the start of a race.
   • ▪ a horse, competitor, or player taking part in a race or game at the start: "the trainer has confirmed Cool Ground as a definite starter"
   • ▪ the pitcher who starts the game.
   • ▪ a pitcher who normally starts games, and seldom is used as a relief pitcher.
   • ▪ a topic, question, or other item with which to start a group discussion or course of study: "material to act as a starter for discussion"
   • ▪ denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc.: "consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone"
   • 2. an automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle: "the starter motor"
   • 3. the first course of a meal; an appetizer. British
   • 4. a bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter.
   • ▪ a mixture of fermenting dough reserved from an earlier batch of baking, used to initiate fermentation in fresh dough.
   • ▪ a preparation of chemicals to initiate the breakdown of vegetable matter in making compost.

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