Meaning

13 senses
  1. A person who opens something.

    a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens

  2. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.

    Öffner

    открыва́лкаotkryválka, открыва́шкаotkryváška

    відкривачкаvidkryvačka

  3. (in compounds)An establishment that opens.

    The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.

  4. The player who starts the betting.

  5. (in the plural)Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.

  6. A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.

  7. The first act in a variety show or concert.

  8. A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.

  9. (colloquial)The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.

    the first event in a series

  10. The first game played in a competition.

  11. A opening goal.

  12. A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Please hand me the bottle opener.

    Будь ласка, подай мені штопор.

    ruПодай мне штопор, пожалуйста.

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  2. I don't have a can opener.

    Я не маю відкривачки.

    ruУ меня нет открывашки.

    deIch habe keinen Dosenöffner.

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  3. I don't have a can opener, so I can't get this can open.

    Я не маю відкривачки, тому не зможу відкрити цю бляшанку.

    ruУ меня нет открывашки, поэтому я не смогу открыть эту банку.

    deIch bekomme diese Dose, da ich keinen Öffner habe, nicht auf.

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  4. Tom handed Mary the letter opener.

    ruТом передал Мэри нож для писем.

    deTom reichte Maria den Brieföffner.

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  5. Does anybody have a can opener?

    ruУ кого-нибудь есть открывалка?

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device that opens something:
Русский
By meaning 1
device that opens something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device that opens something:

Origin

From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -e

From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

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Forms

plural: openers
Singularopener
Pluralopeners

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • bottle opener
  • a bottle opener
  • the bottle opener
  • a can opener
  • letter opener
  • eye opener

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
opener — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto