Prop and Rest

Prop

Prop verb - Support by placing against something solid or rigid.

Rest is a synonym for prop in lean topic. In some cases you can use "Rest" instead the word "Prop" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like hold up or lean against.

Nearby Words: propped, propping

Rest

Rest verb - To refrain from labor or exertion.

Prop is a synonym for rest in support topic. Sometimes you can use "Prop" instead the word "Rest" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as lie, stand, place, base.

Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

How words are described

good good prop good rest
special special prop special rest
original original prop original rest
single single prop single rest
Other adjectives: small, actual, real, bad, next, literal, giant.

Both words in one sentence

  • Auction Bones: there's an auction at which a famous movie prop sword is sold, but that sale is a fake (the rest of the auction is real) - they're trying to lure the person who killed the girl who owned it.
    Source: Auction
  • Camping a Crapper They would make one member of the family sit on a prop toilet with an apple on her head while the rest of her family shot arrows at her (really plungers at a plexiglas shield).
  • The rest of the time he’s little more than a prop.
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