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Noun: rotor blade
  1. The long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air
    - rotary wing

Derived forms: rotor blades

Type of: aerofoil [Brit], airfoil [N. Amer], control surface, surface

Part of: main rotor

Encyclopedia: Rotor blade