opener

from 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)
from 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]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "opener":
      bottle opener, can opener, church key, clavis, coming out,
      corkscrew, curtain raiser, debut, embarkation, embarkment,
      first appearance, floating, flotation, inaugural address,
      inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment,
      introduction, key, latchkey, latchstring, launching, maiden speech,
      master key, open sesame, passkey, preliminary, skeleton key,
      tin opener, unveiling
antiflux / dictionary / opener
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