end vs opener

end

noun
  • A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. 

  • An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory) 

  • The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. 

  • Result. 

  • The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. 

  • A purpose, goal, or aim. 

  • The terminal point of something in space or time. 

  • One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. 

  • Money. 

  • One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. 

  • That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. 

  • Death. 

  • The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. 

verb
  • to come to an end 

  • To finish, terminate. 

opener

noun
  • The first game played in a competition. 

  • A person who opens something. 

  • A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener. 

  • An establishment that opens. 

  • The player who starts the betting. 

  • The first act in a variety show or concert. 

  • The first goal or point scored. 

  • A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish. 

  • Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting. 

  • A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together. 

  • A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings. 

  • The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation. 

  • A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start. 

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