PROPELLER PLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propeller plane mean? 

• PROPELLER PLANE (noun)
  The noun PROPELLER PLANE has 1 sense:

1. an airplane that is driven by a propeller

  Familiarity information: PROPELLER PLANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPELLER PLANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An airplane that is driven by a propeller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("propeller plane" is a kind of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Meronyms (parts of "propeller plane"):

airplane propeller; airscrew; prop (a propeller that rotates to push against air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "propeller plane"):

double-prop; double-propeller plane; twin-prop; twin-propeller-plane (a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability))

propjet; turbo-propeller plane; turboprop (an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine)

single-propeller plane; single prop (a propeller plane with a single propeller)