Meaning

2 senses
  1. The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.

    Luftschraube, Flugzeugpropeller

    повітряний гвинтpovitrjanyj hvynt

  2. Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.

More definitions
  • a propeller that rotates to push against air

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
propeller of an aircraft:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
propeller of an aircraft:

Origin

From air + screw.

From air + screw.

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Forms

plural: airscrews
Singularairscrew
Pluralairscrews

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
airscrew — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto