propeller

[US]/prə'pelə/
[UK]/prə'pɛlɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a device with blades that rotate to provide propulsion, typically used on aircraft or boats.

Phrases & Collocations

propeller blade

propeller shaft

twin propellers

propeller pitch

variable-pitch propeller

screw propeller

marine propeller

controllable pitch propeller

Example Sentences

The propeller will windmill and crank the engine.

The propeller started to spin around.

Reindex propeller shaft 180° and evaluate.

The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane’s propeller.

propeller blades that rake backward from the shaft; rake a ship's mast.

The propellers is installed in the top of the helicopter, circumrotate flatly.

A programme of experimental research on five geosim propeller models has beencarried out in the ship model towing tank of the Shanghai Chiao-Tung University.

13958681890 This ship shall be of all steel welded construction with one continuous deck, bulbous stern, bulbous bow, single propeller, single rudder, forecastle, poop, and of stern-engined type.

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