Definition of prop

noun (n)

• 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)

  Synonym: property
  

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

  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

verb (v)

• 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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