Primers
noun
1.
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
2.
any book of elementary principles:
a primer of phonetics.
3.
great primer.
4.
long primer.
noun
1.
a person or thing that primes.
2.
a cap, cylinder, etc., containing a compound that may be exploded by percussion or other means, used for firing a charge of powder.
3.
a first coat or layer of paint, size, etc., given to any surface as a base, sealer, or the like.
plural noun
1.
(NZ, informal) the youngest class in a primary school
noun
1.
an introductory text, such as a school textbook
2.
(printing) See long primer, great primer
noun
1.
a person or thing that primes
2.
a device, such as a tube containing explosive, for detonating the main charge in a gun, mine, etc
3.
a substance, such as paint, applied to a surface as a base, sealer, etc
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