[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person or thing that starts .", "a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc.", "a device that starts an internal-combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand.", "a person or thing that starts in a race or contest:Only five starters finished the race.", "Also calledstart·er cul·ture[stahr, -ter kuhl-cher].a culture of bacteria used to start a particular fermentation, as in the manufacture of cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, etc. mother2 .", "Also calledsour·dough star·ter[souuhr, -doh stahr-ter, sou, -er-].a mixture of water and flour left to ferment over several days to create dough for sourdough bread. sourdough(def1) sourdough(def1).", "a mixture of water and flour left to ferment over several days to create dough for sourdough bread.", "sourdough(def1) sourdough(def1).", "Slang.a shill, as at a gaming table in a casino.", "the card turned face up on the stack before the play, as in cribbage, crazy eights, and other card games."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["constituting a basis or beginning:a starter set of dishes; a starter home."]}]