prop
/pɹɑp/ noun C2- An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. · They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.
- A fake or fabricated version of an object, whether or not it is used for a scene. · We threw a prop squirrel off of a tower.
- An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
Plural props
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I should think I did notice them, seeing that I had to prop him up—me and Murcher between us.
She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done; she “ran” the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sunday-school, and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary.
Other matches
- prop An object placed against or under another, to s... C1
- prop To support or shore up something. C1
- prop To manually start the engine of a propeller-dri... C2
- prop A proposition, especially on an election-day ba... C2
- prop The propeller of an aircraft or boat. C2
- prop A part of a plant reared for its multiplication. C2
- prop Testosterone propionate. C2
- prop up To support with, or as if with, a prop.
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