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 WebYet they’re used here more as a chaotic diversion than any vital plot propeller.—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024 The propeller then stopped windmilling before the pilot unsuccessfully tried restarting the engine, the report said.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024 An off-duty Coast Guard member was seriously injured last week when he was struck by the propeller of a boat after jumping from a moving vessel in water off the Florida Keys, according to investigators.—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024 First developed in the late 1980s for vessels maintaining Finland’s coastal fairways, these electric units permit a ship’s main propellers to act as thrusters, eliminating any need for separate thrusters, which can add drag, or extra resistance, to the hull.—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for propeller
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