"prop" meaning in English

See prop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /prɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prop.wav [UK] Forms: prop [singular], props [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A prop is an object that is supporting another object by being place underneath it or in some other way leaning against it.
    Sense id: simple-prop-en-noun-yWJisatp
  2. A prop is something that is used to set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform in.
    Sense id: simple-prop-en-noun--QTjpkYV

Verb

IPA: /prɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prop.wav [UK] Forms: prop [canonical], props [third-person, singular], propped [past], propped [past, participle], propping [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|prop|p}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something is propped, it supported or held up by something else.
    Sense id: simple-prop-en-verb-OFeboyY8
     
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