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screw propeller

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screw propeller
n.
A propeller.
screw propeller
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an early form of ship's propeller in which an Archimedes' screw is used to produce thrust by accelerating a flow of water
screw-propelled  adj
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Noun1.screw propellerscrew propeller - a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
screw
outboard motor, outboard - internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat
propeller, propellor - a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight


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She was a screw propeller of eight hundred tons, a fast sailer, and the very vessel that had been sent out to the polar regions, to revictual the last expedition of Sir James Ross.
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