propeller
One who, or that which, propels.
Other meanings
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
“The plane’s propeller spun rapidly before takeoff.”
A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
A kind of
- mechanical device
Kinds of propeller
- airplane propeller
- screw
- variable-pitch propeller
Related words
- P-factor
- propellered
- propellerless
- propellerlike
- propliner
- propeller beanie
- constant-speed propeller
- propeller cap
- propeller head
- propeller shaft
- propellerhead
- fishtail propeller
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “propeller” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.