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screw propeller

noun

  1. a rotary propelling device, as for a ship or airplane, consisting of a number of blades that radiate from a central hub and are so inclined to the plane of rotation as to tend to drive a helical path through the substance in which they rotate.


screw propeller

noun

  1. an early form of ship's propeller in which an Archimedes' screw is used to produce thrust by accelerating a flow of water
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈscrew-proˈpelled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • screw-pro·pelled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of screw propeller1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

In fact, the Lycian design is a fair representation of the modern screw propeller, and gives the idea of a whirling motion.

The first ship fitted with the screw propeller was called the "Archimedes."

The best steamers, therefore, are fitted with the twin-screw propeller.

Professor Greenhill has advanced in our pages a new theory of the screw propeller.

These were the building of iron instead of wooden ships and the replacing of the paddle wheel by the screw propeller.

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