Plural of propeller

Forms of propeller

Propellers in a sentence

• Propellers can run afoul in heavy seaweed, and ships are said to be afoul when they collide.1995, James Laurence Pelletier, Mariner's Employment Guide, page 514. From the entry run afoul
• Snow is probably not in the ontology of a manatee, but outboard-motor propellers may well be, along with seaweed and fish and other manatees.2017, Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back, →ISBN. From the entry ontology
• Model experiments have been made with two pairs of propellers, differing only in the fact that in one, excrescences representing nutheads were left on the boss.1927, George Stephen Baker, The Economy of Tank Testing of Ship Forms and Research in Ship Propulsion. From the entry nuthead
• Weather conditions worsened and the bombers flew into a huge electrical storm that turned their propellers into giant firewheels, as one pilot reported, and blew them all over the sky.2009, Richard J. Evans, The Third Reich at War: 1939-1945. From the entry firewheel
• For reducing tonal noise, e.g., generated by engines and propellers, the reference microphone can be replaced by a nonacoustic reference sensor, e.g., a tachometer or an optical or inductive sensor.2002, Gillian M. Davis, Noise Reduction in Speech Applications, →ISBN, page 313. From the entry nonacoustic

Meaning of propeller

1. noun One who, or that which, propels.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.

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Questions about the plural of propeller

What is the plural of propeller?

The plural of propeller is propellers.

Is propeller countable?

Propeller is a countable noun.