prop

Meaning

1. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
2. The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
3. Any of the seashells in the game of props.

support

airplane propeller

supporting block

head rest

temporary post

foundation post

give assistance to

anything upon which one leans

place of repose

supporting pillar

subvent

brace strut

support stand

buckstay

prop stay

support pillar

lug support

supporting column

iack

supporting seat

support abutment

stand leg

supporting strut

strut rod

prop mainstay

support leg

support post

post column

foundation pillar

gadget

screw propeller

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒp/

From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).