1. A support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
   "They used a wooden prop to stabilize the leaning fence"
    
2. Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
   "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props";
   - property
    
3. [informal] A propeller that rotates to push against air
   "The vintage aircraft still used an original prop";
   - airplane propeller [N. Amer], airscrew, aeroplane propeller [Brit]

1. Support by placing against something solid or rigid
   "He propped the ladder against the wall";
   - prop up, shore up, shore

Derived forms: propped, propping, props

Type of: article, hold, hold up, object, physical object, propeller, propellor, support, sustain

Part of: mise en scène, propeller plane, setting, stage setting

Encyclopedia: Prop