propeller
See also: Propeller
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- propellor (rare, nonstandard)
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propeller (plural propellers)
- One who, or that which, propels.
- A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
- A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
- (fishing) A spinnerbait.
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mechanical device used to propel
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Borrowed from English propeller.
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propeller c (singular definite propelleren, plural indefinite propellere)
- propeller (mechanical device used to propel)
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Declension of propeller
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Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | propeller | propelleren | propellere | propellerne |
genitive | propellers | propellerens | propelleres | propellernes |
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propeller c
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Borrowed from English propeller.
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propeller m (plural propellers, diminutive propellertje n)
- A propeller.
- Synonym: aandrijfschroef
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propeller m
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propeller c
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Nominative | propeller | propellern | propellrar | propellrarna |
Genitive | propellers | propellerns | propellrars | propellrarnas |