turboprop

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9

Definition of turboprop

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
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noun

  1. A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
  2. An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
    “A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline’s Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport […]”
    “Leaders at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are preparing to gather Monday morning to discuss what policies could prevent insider security breaches similar to the Friday night heist of a turboprop plane that later crashed.”

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Etymology

From turbo- + prop.

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