1.
2.
[syn: undoer, opener, unfastener, untier]
3. a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Opener \O"pen*er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes."
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically: A bottle opener or a can opener; as, you
need an opener to get the cap off.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
opener
n 1: the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her
opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the
Yankees"
2: a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are
talented undoers of their shoelaces" [syn: undoer,
opener, unfastener, untier]
3: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or
cans)