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ALL meanings of for starters

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  • noun for starters a person or thing that starts. 1
  • noun for starters a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc. 1
  • noun for starters a device that starts an internal-combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand. 1
  • noun for starters a person or thing that starts in a race or contest: Only five starters finished the race. 1
  • noun for starters a culture of bacteria used to start a particular fermentation, as in the manufacture of cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, etc. 1
  • noun for starters Cookery. sourdough (def 1). 1
  • noun for starters Slang. a shill, as at a gaming table in a casino. 1
  • noun for starters Cribbage. the card turned face up on the stack before the play. 1
  • adjective for starters constituting a basis or beginning: a starter set of dishes; a starter home. 1
  • idioms for starters for starters, Informal. as the first step or part; initially; first: We will have soup for starters. For starters, he doesn't even know how to drive. 1
  • adverb for starters (Informal) As an initial point; before any other considerations. 0
  • phrase for starters You use for starters when you mention something to indicate that it is the first item or point in a series. 0
  • noun for starters in the first place 0
  • noun for starters to begin with 0
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