starter

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈstɑː.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

Britain historical

The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag. / (baseball) A starting pitcher.

Japanese Meaning

レースの開始の合図を出す人。例えば、銃を発射したり、旗を振ったりする人。 / 先発投手（野球において試合開始時に先に投げる投手）。

What is this buttons?

The starter raised the pistol and fired, sending the athletes leaping from the blocks.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

発走係がピストルを掲げて発砲すると、選手たちはブロックから飛び出した。

Details

Sense（1）

The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.

Sense（2）

(baseball) A starting pitcher.

Sense（3）

Sense（4）

An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.

Sense（5）

A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.

Sense（6）

A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.

Sense（7）

Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.

It's small, but it's a good starter house.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（8）

The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.

Sense（9）

(team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.

Sense（10）

A dog that rouses game.

Sense（11）

(historical, Britain) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.

Sense（12）

The colour-light signals admitting directly to the platforms and the inner starters (for short-length departures well up the platforms) are two-aspect, while those immediately beyond them are three-aspect, but elsewhere four-aspect signals have been installed in association with route indicators.

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