[ˈstɑːtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or thing that starts in a specified way
(e.g: I'm just a slow starter)

- an automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle
(e.g: the starter motor)

- the first course of a meal

- a plan or idea that has a chance of succeeding and is therefore worthy of consideration
(e.g: she began to think that she must move away, yet she knew that it was not even a starter)

- a bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter


Phrases:
- for starters
- under starter's orders

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