English

Noun

turboprop ‎(plural turboprops)

1. A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.

Synonyms

• propjet

Coordinate terms

(type of gas-turbine aircraft engine): turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ

Translations

See also

• gas turbine