"airscrew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: airscrews [plural]
Etymology: From air + screw. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|screw}} air + screw Head templates: {{en-noun}} airscrew (plural airscrews)
  1. The propeller of an aircraft; the prop. Translations (propeller of an aircraft): Luftschraube [feminine] (German), Flugzeugpropeller [masculine] (German), aerscriú [masculine] (Irish), elice [feminine] (Romanian), hélice (Spanish), повітряний гвинт (povitrjanyj hvynt) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-airscrew-en-noun-sUfKaLF- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'propeller of an aircraft': 99 1
  2. Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
    Sense id: en-airscrew-en-noun-StRfsMfX

Inflected forms

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