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propeller shaft

propeller shaft noun: the shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft.

Noun

propeller shaft (plural propeller shafts)

  1. The shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft.
  2. the shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.
    Synonyms:
    propshaft

propeller shaft meaning in Tamil

propeller shaft in Tamil

உந்தித் தண்டு, செலுத்தித் தண்டு, ஓட்டுங்கருவித்தண்டு, சுழல் தண்டு

Synonyms of propeller shaft

Forms of propeller shaft

pluralpropeller shafts

Questions about propeller shaft

What does propeller shaft mean?
Propeller shaft means the shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft.
What is propeller shaft in Tamil?
Propeller shaft in Tamil is உந்தித் தண்டு, செலுத்தித் தண்டு, ஓட்டுங்கருவித்தண்டு. See Propeller shaft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is propeller shaft?
Propeller shaft is a noun.
What is the plural of propeller shaft?
The plural of propeller shaft is propeller shafts.

Words near propeller shaft in the dictionary

  1. propeller beanies
  2. propeller cap
  3. propeller caps
  4. propeller head
  5. propeller heads
  6. propeller shaft
  7. propeller shafts
  8. propeller-head
  9. propeller-heads
  10. propellered
  11. propellerhead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: propeller shaft (page history and authors); propeller shaft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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