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   prop

   /prɒp/

   noun

   • 1. 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" Similar polepostbeamsupportuprightbracebuttressstayshaftstrutstanchionshorepierverticalpillarpilepilingbolstertrusscolumnrodstickpoint d'appuisprag
   • ▪ a person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance: "he found himself becoming the emotional prop of the marriage" Similar mainstaypillaranchorrockbackbonesupportcornerstonesupporterupholdersustainer
   • ▪ a word used to fill a syntactic role without any specific meaning of its own, for example it in it is raining.
   • 2. a forward at either end of the front row of a scrum.
   • 3. a sudden stop made by a horse moving at speed. Australian

   verb

   • 1. support or keep in position: "she propped her chin in the palm of her right hand" Similar hold upshore upbolster upbuttresssupportbraceunderpinreinforcestrengthenarchaic:underprop
   • ▪ lean (something) against something else: "a jug of milk with a note propped against it" Similar leanrestsetstandpositionplacelaybalancesteady
   • ▪ use an object to keep (something) in position: "I propped the door with my foot"
   • 2. (of a horse) come to a dead stop with the forelegs rigid. Australian

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch proppe ‘support (for vines)’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

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