turboprop

Questions about turboprop

What does turboprop mean?

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

How many syllables are in turboprop?

turboprop has 3 syllables: tur-bo-prop. The stress falls on "tur". In IPA it is /ˈtɝboʊˌpɹɑp/.

What is another word for turboprop?

Close synonyms include propjet, 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 turboprop a common word?

turboprop is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with turboprop?

2 words rhyme with turboprop. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.