propeller

noun

pro·pel·ler prə-ˈpe-lər

variants or less commonly propellor

: one that propels

especially : a device that consists of a central hub with radiating blades placed and twisted so that each forms part of a helical surface and that is used to propel a vehicle (such as a ship or airplane)

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The Cessna Caravan is a single engine propeller plane that holds about 10 people, including the pilot. —

Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025 Everyone aboard the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane was killed, along with one person on the ground, bringing the total death toll to 50. —

Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 The incident was the first commercial airline plane crash in the United States since 2009, when a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane stalled and crashed in Buffalo, New York. —

Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2025 All 49 passengers and crew on Colgan Air Flight 3407 were killed when the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house. —

Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for propeller