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What is another word for propellers?

Pronunciation: [pɹəpˈɛləz] (IPA)

Propellers are an essential component of a variety of machines such as aircraft, ships, and fans. Synonyms for the word "propellers" are crucial to broaden our vocabulary and express ourselves more concisely. Some synonyms for "propellers" include rotors, blades, fans, impellers, and airfoils. The term rotor is commonly used for helicopter and aircraft propellers. Blades are long flat metal components that spin to provide propulsion. Fans are typical propellers within a ventilation system. Impellers are used to move fluid, whereas airfoils are used to generate lift. Knowing these synonyms helps writers and speakers to avoid repetition while conveying the same meaning.
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What are the hypernyms for Propellers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    aircraft components, marine equipment, rotating machinery, rotating parts.

Usage examples for Propellers

For all that the waves dashed them ahead with great rapidity and the propellers were now high out of water and now buried deep in the sea, the yacht being almost unmanageable.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
Jatupon swallowed in larger sips while his head was like a boat swiftly churning its propellers but going nowhere.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
"Anything more like a pack of monkeys on a picnic I never saw," exclaimed Billy as for the twentieth time he chased a long, skinny native away from the propellers, where he would have assuredly been decapitated if he had remained till the engine was started.
"The Boy Aviators in Africa"
Captain Wilbur Lawton

Famous quotes with Propellers

  • No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an efficiency of 50% with marine propellers.
    Orville Wright

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