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prop

(pr/A/p )

a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie(noun.artifact)

Example:
Before every scene he ran down his checklist of props.

Synonym:
property

source: wordnet30
a propeller that rotates to push against air(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
airplane propeller, airscrew

source: wordnet30
A shell, used as a die. See Props.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

support by placing against something solid or rigid(verb.contact)

Synonym:
prop up, shore, shore up

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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