Closer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that closes: The closer of the shop has to lock up.
  • n. Baseball A relief pitcher called upon to protect a lead late in a game.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Someone or something that closes.
  • n. Someone or something that concludes.
  • n. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
  • n. A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See Wikipedia:closer (baseball)
  • adj. comparative form of close: more close
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under boot.
  • n. A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.
  • n. The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which closes or concludes.
  • n. An inclosure.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance
  • n. a person who closes something
  • n. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   
    Variant
    boot   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    finisher   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bowser    composer    disposer    doser    grocer    grosser    poser    roser