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propjet

noun

an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine

• Syn: ↑turboprop, ↑turbo-propeller plane

• Hypernyms: ↑propeller plane

• Part Meronyms:

↑fanjet, ↑fan-jet, ↑fanjet engine, ↑turbojet, ↑turbojet engine, ↑turbofan, ↑turbofan engine

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: prop (V) + jet

: turboprop

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/prop"jet'/, n. Aeron.

an airplane equipped with turboprops.

[1945-50; PROP³ + JET¹]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.