MAIN ROTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("main rotor" is a kind of...):

rotor (rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils)

Meronyms (parts of "main rotor"):

rotary wing; rotor blade (the long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air)

rotor head; rotor shaft (the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns)