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PROPELLER PLANE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does propeller plane mean?

• PROPELLER PLANE (noun)
The noun PROPELLER PLANE has 1 sense:

1. an airplane that is driven by a propeller

Familiarity information: PROPELLER PLANE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PROPELLER PLANE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An airplane that is driven by a propeller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("propeller plane" is a kind of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Meronyms (parts of "propeller plane"):

airplane propeller; airscrew; prop (a propeller that rotates to push against air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "propeller plane"):

double-prop; double-propeller plane; twin-prop; twin-propeller-plane (a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability))

propjet; turbo-propeller plane; turboprop (an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine)

single prop; single-propeller plane (a propeller plane with a single propeller)

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