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Synonyms for prop

Synonyms for prop: lean and shore. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for prop

Interchangeable with prop in this sense

Audited under prop's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one prop carries in that sense.

leanverb, in the sense "to support something by leaning it against or under a surface"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name prop as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

shoreshore is a verb in the sense "support by placing against something solid or rigid"

The first group is filed under prop's own sense. The second reaches prop from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsObjects

to support something by leaning it against or under a surface

Before climbing, prop the ladder against the wall.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

lean

Same sentence, swapped: Before climbing, lean the ladder against the wall.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

balance
hoist
drag

Where prop turns up in the game

prop is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play prop

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so prop reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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