propjet

1. 1.

   an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine

   Synonymsturbopropturbo-propeller plane

   Broaderpropeller plane

   Partsfanjet

Other forms of propjet

plural

propjets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about propjet

What does propjet mean?

propjet means "an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine".

How many syllables are in propjet?

propjet has 2 syllables: prop-jet. The stress falls on "prop".

What is another word for propjet?

Close synonyms include turboprop, turbo-propeller plane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is propjet a common word?

propjet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.