Opener

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opener \O"pen*er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes."
        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically: A bottle opener or a can opener; as, you


        need an opener to get the cap off.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  opener
       n 1: the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her
            opener"; "the season's opener was a game agains the
            Yankees"
       2: a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are
          talented undoers of their shoelaces" [syn: {undoer}, {unfastener},
           {untier}]
       3: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or
          cans)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "opener":
     bottle opener, can opener, church key, clavis, coming out,
     corkscrew, curtain raiser, debut, embarkation, embarkment,
     first appearance, floating, flotation, inaugural address,
     inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment,
     introduction, key, latchkey, latchstring, launching, maiden speech,
     master key, open sesame, passkey, preliminary, skeleton key,
     tin opener, unveiling