opener
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈoʊpənər/
:
abridor
- You got a bottle opener?
- bottle opener
- door opener
- garage door opener
All right, guys, Expired credit card is now a door lock opener.
- All right, guys, Expired credit card is now a door lock opener.
- They had AI remember they had a wine opener in the fridge but no wine in there.
- Automatic door openers are perfect for people in wheelchairs and for your arms are filled with groceries.
- So like mailbox keys, codes, garage door openers, pool keys, etcetera shall be delivered upon closing.
- Well, they definitely took the the door opener job.
- I says I cannot look after your car, you know, standing there with one of those can opener ready to scratch it.
- So canned openers, a big sort of artefact of the old pick up artistry world, right.
Examples
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I can get you a can opener.
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Could you pass me the bottle opener so I can open this drink?
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You may use the bottle opener prior to me using it.
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Did you bring the can opener?
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Can you just grab a bottle opener from that closet right there?
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Hey, Blanche, you seen the bottle opener?
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The bottle opener, flashlight, key chain combo unit.
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Consider using a bottle opener for pop caps or explore tear techniques for opening foil-wrapped strips.
Academic text (2001) -
One of the cans is unusual in that someone opened it with a can opener; most are found mangled or unopened.
Academic text (2009) -
Cheap forks, knives, and spoons; a spatula, a steak knife, a can opener, and a screwdriver.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
18
1.0
A tool that opens metal cans by cutting the lid
8
1.0
A tool for taking off caps or corks from bottles
1
1.3
A tool for opening metal cans
1
8.7
A small metal tool for making holes to open cans
A small tool for removing metal caps from bottles
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Opener comes from the verb open, meaning 'to make not closed', plus the ending -er, meaning 'a thing that does something', so an opener is a tool that opens bottles, cans, or jars.