1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually appetizer) a small amount of food that is served before the main course of a meal:
This dish serves 46 people as a starter.
compareHORSD'OEUVRE
2 a person, horse, car, etc. that is in a race at the beginning:
Only 8 of the 28 starters completed the course.
compareNON-STARTER
3 a person who gives the signal for a race to start:
the starter's flag / gun / pistol
4 a device used for starting the engine of a vehicle:
the starter button / switch * a starter motor
5 a person who begins doing a particular activity in the way mentioned:
He was a late starter in the theatre (= older than most people when they start). * a slow starter
seealsoSELF-STARTER
6 (often used as an adjective) something that is intended to be used by sb who is starting to do sth:
a starter home (= a small home for sb who is buying property for the first time) * a starter kit / pack
IDIOMS
for starters (spoken) used to emphasize the first of a list of reasons, opinions, etc., or to say what happens first:
There are a number of problems-for starters, where is the money coming from? * The winners will be flown to Paris-and that's just for starters.
under starters orders (of a runner, rider, etc.) waiting for a signal to start the race
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is starter a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, starter is tagged as noun.
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