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Prop
prɒp
Prop definitions
noun
prop
props
- a pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position
"he looked around for a prop to pin the door open"
pole post beam support upright brace buttress stay shaft strut stanchion shore pier vertical pillar pile piling bolster truss column rod stick- a person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance
"he found himself becoming the emotional prop of the marriage"
- a word used to fill a syntactic role without any specific meaning of its own, for example it in it is raining
- a forward at either end of the front row of a scrum
- a sudden stop made by a horse moving at speed
verb
props
propping
propped
prop
- support or keep in position
"she propped her chin in the palm of her right hand"
- lean (something) against something else
"a jug of milk with a note propped against it"
- use an object to keep (something) in position
"I propped the door with my foot"
- (of a horse) come to a dead stop with the forelegs rigid