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opener

/ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/noun3 syllables

Opener means: a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens.

Synonyms for opener3

noun, as in a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens

undoer, unfastener, untier

What does opener mean?3

noun

1

a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens“children are talented undoers of their shoelaces”

2

the first event in a series“she played Chopin for her opener”

3

a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Opener in a sentence

  • That can opener is a piece of junk, it's useless.saverius
  • Beer bottles are opened with a bottle-opener, wine bottles with a corkscrew.sundown
  • Beer bottles are opened with a bottle opener, wine bottles with a corkscrew.CK
  • Girls wearing mini-skirts, walking or sitting, are very effective eye-openers.Mar1L
  • Most utensils, such as can openers and scissors, are made for right-handers.patgfisher
  • The pretty girl in the bikini was an eye-opener on the beach.carlosalberto
  • I sometimes use scissors as a can opener.CK
  • That documentary about the environmental crisis was a real eye-opener.darinmex

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of opener

as a noun

plural
openers