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The Meaning of prop

  • (n.) A shell, used as a die. See Props.
  • (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.
  • (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.

Synonyms

property , airplane propeller , airscrew , prop up , shore up , shore

Homophones

propp

Rhymes

aesop , agitprop , atop , backdrop , backstop , barbershop , bebop , bellhop , blacktop , bookshop , bop , bopp , chop , chopp , co-op , cop , copp , countertop , crop , cropp , desktop , dopp , drop , dunlop , eavesdrop , eyedrop , flop , fop , glop , hilltop , hop , hopeh , hopp , hoppe , jopp , kaup , kaupp , klopp , knaup , knop , knopp , kopp , koppe , kropp , laptop , lollipop , lop , malaprop , mop , mountaintop , nonstop , op , opp , paap , paape , paup , pawnshop , plop , pop , popp , poppe , propp , raindrop , raup , raupp , rooftop , schaap , schopp , schoppe , schropp , sharecrop , shop , shoppe , shortstop , skop , slop , sop , staup , stop , strop , swap , swapp , sweatshop , tabletop , taupe , top , topp , treetop , tropp , tschopp , turboprop , wop , workshop , yopp