starter Význam & definícia

Význam starter v slovenčine

• 0 a small dish served as the first part of a meal:

  • We had soup/pâté/pasta as a starter.

  • I ordered a starter of smoked salmon.

  • Half a stuffed pepper makes a good starter.

• 1 a person, animal, or organization that takes part in an activity, especially a race, when it begins:

  • Of the ten starters (= horses that started in the race), two fell at the first fence.

  • They all wait for the crack of the starter's pistol.

  • The starter waved the green flag and 43 cars raced past the grandstand.

  • He was convinced that the race starter had allowed one of the runners to go early.

• 2 something used to begin something:

  • These are great starters for a lesson.

  • The program opened with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, which was a good starter.

• 3 a mixture that contains bacteria and is fermenting (= changing in a chemical process), used in making some foods such as yogurt, cheese, and sourdough bread:

  • Use a tablespoon of yogurt from a previous batch as starter.

  • How long can you keep your sourdough starter going in the fridge?

  • You will need some yogurt to provide your starter culture.

• 4 a person, thing, or organization that is involved at the beginning of an activity, esp. a race:

  • Only four of the ten starters finished the race.