PROPELLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propellor mean? 

• PROPELLOR (noun)
  The noun PROPELLOR has 1 sense:

1. a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

  Familiarity information: PROPELLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPELLOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

propeller; propellor

Hypernyms ("propellor" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Meronyms (parts of "propellor"):

blade; vane (flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water)

hub (the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes)

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

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

screw; screw propeller (a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air)

variable-pitch propeller (propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable)

Derivation:

propel (cause to move forward with force)