Starter may refer to:

Card games

* Booster pack § Starter deck, for collectible games * Starter, the turned-up card in cribbage

Food and meals

* Bread starter, a fermented mixture for baking * Fermentation starter * Starter, entrée and

hors d'œuvre An hors d'oeuvre ( ; french: hors-d'œuvre ), appetiser or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot. Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the m ...

, eaten to start a meal

Science and technology

Starter motor A starter (also self-starter, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power. Starters can be electric motor, electric, pneumatic ...

s, for internal-combustion engines * Motor starter, a motor controller for large electric motors ** Motor soft starter *

Lamp starter A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor, which produces short-wave ultraviolet lig ...

, for fluorescent lights ** Glow switch starter, a type of fluorescent starter

Sports

* Starting pistol, in athletics competitions * A player in the

starting lineup In sports, a starting lineup is an official list of the set of players who will participate in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as ''starters'', whereas the others are ''substitutes'' o ...

* A

starting pitcher In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pit ...

in baseball * Operator of the

starting barrier A starting gate also called a starting barrier or starting stalls is a machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse racing and dog racing. History Throughout the history of horse racing, there have been proposals as to how better to start ...

to begin a horse race

Other uses

* Starter (clothing line), a brand *

Jan Janszoon Starter Jan Jansz. Starter (1593 – 1626) was a poet from the Northern Netherlands. Starter was born in Amsterdam and became a prolific writer, whose poems were set to melody in his lifetime. He died young in battle. Many of his poems became the subjec ...

(1593–1626), Dutch poet

Card games

Food and meals

Science and technology

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