screw propeller

Noun

Meaning

a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

propeller screw rotor airscrew

Hypernyms

propeller propellor

Examples

He was successful in using his bronze screw propeller on an adapted steamboat (1829). Source: Internet

He was the man who first made the screw propeller practically useful. Source: Internet

Smith's original 1836 patent for a screw propeller of two full turns. Source: Internet

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