Meaning & use
Parachute
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A folding device made of fabric that slows a person's or object's descent through the air, typically deployed from an aircraft.
See it in a sentence
The skydiver checked her parachute twice before jumping from the plane.
Supplies were dropped by parachute to the stranded hikers.
A note on using this word
From French 'parer' (to shield) and 'chute' (fall)—literally 'that which protects against a fall.'
Another way to use it
2. verb
To jump from an aircraft using a parachute, or to be dropped by one.
Troops parachuted into the valley under cover of darkness.
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