parachute

par-a-chute · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A cloth canopy that fills with air and allows a person or object to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft.

  2. 2.

    (verb) To descend or cause to descend using a parachute.

Forms

plural: parachutes

Related words

See also: aircraft, jump, skydiving
Synonyms: chute

Etymology

From French parachute, from para- (protection against) + chute (fall), coined in the late 18th century.