prop
English
/pɹɒp/
noun
Definitions
- An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- One of the seashells in the game of props.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English proppe (support for a vine plant, support, a prop).
Origin
Middle English
proppe
Gloss
support for a vine plant, support, a prop
Concept
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Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- biprop English
- clothes English
- clothesprop English
- fan English
- jet English
- leg English
- maker English
- master English
- monoprop English
- propfan English
- propjet English
- propleg English
- propless English
- propmaker English
- propmaster English
- proppage English
- proppant English
- propper English
- proprotor English
- propshaft English
- propstick English
- propwash English
- rotor English
- shaft English
- stick English
- subprop English
- turboprop English
- underprop English
- underpropper English
- unprop English
- upprop English
- wash English
- Pfropfen German
- проппант Russian
- proppe Middle English
- prop Danish
- trafikprop Danish
- prop, proppen Middle Low German