opener Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the first event in a series
    • she played Chopin for her opener
    • the season's opener was a game against the Yankees
  2. noun a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
    undoer; untier; unfastener.
    • children are talented undoers of their shoelaces
  3. noun a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

WordNet


O"pen*er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.

Webster 1913