Parachute

['pærəʃuːt] or ['pærə'ʃʊt]

Definition

(noun.) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall.

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Definition

(n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.

(n.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

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Definition

n. an apparatus like an umbrella for descending safely from a balloon.—v.t. and v.i. to descend by means of such.—n. Par′achutist.

Typed by Harrison