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Definition: Propellor |
PropellorNoun1. A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: PropellorSynonym: propeller (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Propellor |
| Specialty definitions using "propellor": INSTALLER, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Str. Conemaugh, an old time propellor [sic]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Propellor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Propellor" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "propellor": propellor-driven. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
propellor | 14 |
propellor head | 5 |
hartzell propellor | 2 |
pitch propellor variable | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "propellor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 螺旋桨. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | που κινείται με έλικα (propellor-driven). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | opellorpray винт (helix, male screw, propeller, screw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "propellor": propellors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-o-o-p-p-r-r" | |
-3 letters: looper, lopper, poller, poorer, propel, proper, repoll, reroll, roller. | |
-4 letters: loper, orlop, poler, prole, repro, roper. | |
-5 letters: loop, lope, lore, oleo, orle, pepo, perp, plop, pole, poll, polo, pool, poop, poor, pope, pore, prep, prop, repo, repp, role, roll, rope. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-o-o-p-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: propellors. | |
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