IMPELLER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("impeller" is a kind of...):

blade; vane (flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water)

Holonyms ("impeller" is a part of...):

rotor (rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils)

Derivation:

impel (cause to move forward with force)

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