propeller

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pro=pel=ler

CIDE DICTIONARY

propeller, n. 

•  One who, or that which, propels.  [1913 Webster]
•  A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel.  [1913 Webster]
•  A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.  [1913 Webster]

Propeller wheel,the screw, usually having two or more blades, used in propelling a vessel.<-- propeller blade, the elongated part of an airplane propeller -->

OXFORD DICTIONARY

propeller, n.
1 a person or thing that propels.
2 a revolving shaft with blades, esp. for propelling a ship or aircraft (cf. screw-propeller).

Idiom

propeller shaft a shaft transmitting power from an engine to a propeller or to the driven wheels of a motor vehicle. propeller turbine a turbo-propeller.

ROGET THESAURUS

propeller

Propulsion

N propulsion, projection, propelment, vis a tergo, force from behind, push, shove, ejaculate, ejection, throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy, launch, release, projectiles, ballistics, archery, propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine, missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot, arrow, gun, ballista, countdown, windup, shooter, shot, archer, toxophilite, bowman, rifleman, marksman, good shot, crack shot, sharpshooter, propelled, propelling, propulsive, projectile.