A propeller is a device with blades which is attached to a boat or aircraft. The engine makes the propeller spin round and causes the boat or aircraft to move.
...a fixed three-bladed propeller.
Synonyms: prop [informal], rotor, vane More Synonyms of propeller
propeller in British English
(prəˈpɛlə)
noun
1.
a device having blades radiating from a central hub that is rotated to produce thrust to propel a ship, aircraft, etc
2.
a person or thing that propels
propeller in American English
(prəˈpɛlər; proʊˈpɛlər)
noun
a person or thing that propels; specif., a device (in full screw propeller) on a ship or aircraft, consisting typically of two or more blades twisted to describe a helical path as they rotate with the hub in which they are mounted, and serving to propel the craft by the backward thrust of air or water
Examples of 'propeller' in a sentence
propeller
When in due course they turn brown they will come spinning down like propellers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He jogged on to the tarmac and into the spinning propeller of the plane.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was time for her to go and the aircraft propellers coughed into life.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
They could have very quickly taken out the rudder and the propeller of our ship.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Detectives confirmed some of his injuries were caused by a boat propeller.
The Sun (2013)
None of her propeller shafts could be turned, and the port rudder was hopelessly buckled.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He hit his head on a boat propeller then claimed that police had hit him with an oar and went on a hunger strike in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We flew for hours and so slowly that we could see the shadow of the Dakota propeller aircraft on the scrub below.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
The cake was cut with a boat propeller, used by the bride's grandparents at their wedding.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In a second letter he tells how he struggled to avoid being drawn in by the ship 's propeller, as some victims were.
The Sun (2008)
A 79-year-old Norwegian pilot who safely landed his light aircraft after its propeller dropped off has been praised for his coolness.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Word lists with
propeller
parts of an aircraft, parts of an aircraft
In other languages
propeller
British English: propeller NOUN
A propeller is a device with blades which is attached to a boat or aircraft. The engine makes the propeller spin round and causes the boat or aircraft to move.
...a fixed three-bladed propeller.
American English: propeller
Brazilian Portuguese: hélice
Chinese: 螺旋桨
European Spanish: hélice
French: hélice
German: Propeller
Italian: elica
Japanese: プロペラ
Korean: 프로펠러
European Portuguese: hélice
Latin American Spanish: hélice
All related terms of 'propeller'
propeller head
a person who is obsessively devoted to an esp. technical pursuit
propeller shaft
the shaft that transmits power from the gearbox to the differential gear in a motor vehicle or from the engine to the propeller in a ship or aircraft
screw propeller
an early form of ship's propeller in which an Archimedes ' screw is used to produce thrust by accelerating a flow of water
pusher propeller
a propeller located on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing
variable pitch propeller
a propeller in which the angle of the blades with regard to air flow can be adjusted while it is in operation
Chinese translation of 'propeller'
propeller
(prəˈpɛləʳ)
n(c)
推进(進)器 (tuījìnqì) (台, tái)
(noun)
Definition
a revolving shaft with blades to drive a ship or aircraft