noun
a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
• Members of this Topic: ↑flame-out
• Hypernyms: ↑reaction-propulsion engine, ↑reaction engine
• Hyponyms:
↑fanjet, ↑fan-jet, ↑fanjet engine, ↑turbojet, ↑turbojet engine, ↑turbofan, ↑turbofan engine, ↑ramjet, ↑ramjet engine, ↑atherodyde, ↑athodyd, ↑flying drainpipe, ↑rocket, ↑rocket engine
• Part Holonyms: ↑jet, ↑jet plane, ↑jet-propelled plane
• Part Meronyms: ↑rotor
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noun, pl ⋯ -gines [count]
: an engine in which a very strong stream of heated air and gases shoots out from the rear of the engine and pushes the engine forward
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an engine that drives an aircraft forwards by pushing out a stream of gases behind it 
Useful english dictionary. 2012.