propeller
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3.9
- noun
- /prəˈpɛlər/
:
hélice
- He carefully examined the propeller for any signs of damage before taking off.
- airplane propeller
- propeller damage
- propeller blade
This some disorder, right, that the water doesn't turn the propeller exactly, perfectly right.
- This some disorder, right, that the water doesn't turn the propeller exactly, perfectly right.
- I, I think of a propeller which just causes you to move.
- I thought it was like a boat propeller.
- So you dramatically reduce the drag of the propeller.
- And then once the war was over, the turrets and the propeller driven aircraft were pretty much over with.
- So a loitering munition is a type of rocket or even a propeller driven drone that you would fire.
- The other paramedic that stayed on the boat, we asked what happened and she said a boat propeller, right, caught his feet.
- They put big heavy wide blade propellers on them and put Q-tips and you couldn't hear the propeller noise.
- And unfortunately, I did get caught in the propellers and it caught my lower back and, and my right leg.
- You turn it around, make sure propellers are there clips them.
- So you can hear the propellers of of boats.
Examples
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By early fall, they had built the propellers that would carry them aloft.
Academic text (2003) -
To improve performance, the boat was fitted with a new stainless steel propeller.
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Slowly, we move down, and a little hat with a propeller comes into view.
Fiction book (1997) -
Let's pop the propeller on, put the battery back in.
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The young man attached the propeller to his fighter plane and never lost in combat.
Fiction book (2001) -
Good news is our propellers are much easier to use.
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The Wright brothers did not have the instrumentation to measure actual propeller performance in flight.
Academic text (2003) -
Flight was achieved by spinning propellers to generate forward thrust.
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The ship's engine roars to life and the propeller spins through sand.
Fiction book (2000) -
The airplane's propeller spun rapidly, allowing it to gain altitude quickly.
Synonyms
16
4.6
A part with blades that turns to push a plane or boat forward
8
5.1
A rotating blade that pushes water or air, like on a ship
A machine with blades that turns to push a plane or boat forward
A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward
A set of blades that spin to push air and move a plane forward
A propeller on a plane that pushes it through the air
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plane with two propellers that spin in opposite directions to make it fly more steadily
- Specialized
A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward
- Specialized
A part of a plane with blades you can angle to work better at different speeds
How Powerful
- US
46
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word propeller comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and pellere 'to drive'. It is related to propel, so a propeller is something that 'drives forward' by pushing air or water to move a boat or plane.