He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.
Source: tatoeba (302002)
Prop
//pɹɒp//
Synonyms for "prop" (158 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (79)
mastnecknervepaddle wheelpartspillarpillowpistonpolepostpractical piecepropellantpropellerpropulsorrefreshreinforcereinforcementreinforcerreinvigoraterest
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Noun(4 words)
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9 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
47 entriesShowing 16 of 47 words.
derived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
5 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
7 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- stut noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἔρεισμα noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- ἐρείδω verb (support)
Arabic
4 entries- دِعَامَة noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- رَكِيزَة noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- سِنَاد noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- عِمَاد noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Bulgarian
3 entries- подпора noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- реквизит noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- подпирам verb (support)
Catalan
2 entries- pilar noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- utillatge noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Czech
4 entries- pilíř noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- podpěra noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- rekvizita noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- vrtule noun (propeller of an aircraft)
Dutch
1 entries- rekwisiet noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Esperanto
1 entries- rekvizito noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Finnish
4 entries- kannatin noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- potkuri noun (propeller of an aircraft)
- proppi noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- pönkkä noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
French
4 entries- accessoire noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- cale noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- pillier noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- soutien noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Galician
4 entries- arxón noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- escora noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- esteo noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- pear noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
German
4 entries- Accessoire noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- Ausstattung noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- Propeller noun (propeller of an aircraft)
- Requisit noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Hungarian
4 entries- kellék noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- támasz noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- támaszték noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- kitámaszt verb (support)
Ido
1 entries- apogar verb (support)
Irish
2 entries- gabháil noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- prapa noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Italian
4 entries- oggetto di scena noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- pilone noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- puntello noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- sostegno noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Japanese
1 entries- 持ち道具 noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Khiamniungan Naga
3 entries- thīng noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- thīng verb (support)
- thīng verb (support)
Latin
4 entries- firmāmentum noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- fulcīmen noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- pālus noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- fulciō verb (support)
Lushootseed
2 entries- ʔili verb (support)
- ʔilid verb (support)
Māori
2 entries- pou noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- tauteka noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Occitan
4 entries- pilar noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- pilon noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- pièja noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- supòrt noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- دستك noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- دیرك noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- پاینده noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Persian
3 entries- تکیهگاه noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- پادیر noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- پایه noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Polish
4 entries- oparcie noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- ostoja noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- podpora noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- podpórka noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Portuguese
4 entries- acessório noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- amparo noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- apoio noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- escora noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Romanian
1 entries- propti verb (support)
Russian
3 entries- опо́ра noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- подста́вка noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- реквизит noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धर्त्र noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Spanish
4 entries- apeo noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- aplique noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- apoyo noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- atrezo noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Swahili
1 entries- nguzo noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Swedish
3 entries- rekvisita noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
- stöd noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- stötta noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Tamil
2 entries- முட்டுக்கால் noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- முட்டு verb (support)
Telugu
1 entries- ఊత noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
Turkish
1 entries- aksesuar noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Ukrainian
4 entries- опора noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- пропелер noun (propeller of an aircraft)
- підпора noun (object placed against or under another, to support it)
- підперти verb (support)
Welsh
2 entries- prop noun (rugby: player next to the hooker in a scrum)
- prop noun (item placed on a stage to create a scene)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Proppants, such as sand, are added to the water to prop open the newly created cracks.
Source: tatoeba (2125729)
Could you prop up this mirror against that wall for me?
Source: tatoeba (5207935)
You take my house when you do take the prop, that doth sustain my house; you take my life, when you do take the means whereby I live.
Source: tatoeba (5342105)
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