especially: a device that consists of a central hub with radiating blades placed and twisted so that each forms part of a helical surface and that is used to propel a vehicle (such as a ship or airplane)
Examples of propeller in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebIn Myanmar, both sides have come to fear the whir of the propeller blades agitating the air above them.—Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024 Other parts needed to construct homemade drones, including chunks of Styrofoam studded with propellers, crowded a pair of leaf-walled shacks.—Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for propeller
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