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screw-propelled

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screw propeller

–noun
a rotary propelling device, as for a ship or airplane, consisting of a number of blades that radiate from a central hub and are so inclined to the plane of rotation as to tend to drive a helical path through the substance in which they rotate.

Origin:
1830–40


screw-pro⋅pelled, adjective
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