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Definition of parachute noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parachute

noun
 
/ˈpærəʃuːt/
 
/ˈpærəʃuːt/
(also informal chute)
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  1. a device that is attached to people or objects to make them fall slowly and safely when they are dropped from an aircraft. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth that opens out in the air.
    • Planes dropped supplies by parachute.
    • a parachute drop/jump
    • a parachute regiment
    see also golden parachute
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    Topics Transport by airb2, Sports: other sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + parachute
    • deploy
    • use
    • open
    • …
    parachute + verb
    • deploy
    • open
    • fail to deploy
    • …
    parachute + noun
    • drop
    • jump
    • instructor
    • …
    preposition
    • by parachute
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’.
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