PARACHUTE
\pˈaɹəʃˌuːt], \pˈaɹəʃˌuːt], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_ʃ_ˌuː_t]\
Definitions of PARACHUTE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.
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A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.
By Oddity Software
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A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.
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A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.
By Noah Webster.
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An umbrella shaped apparatus used in descending from a balloon; a device to decrease the speed of a descent through the air.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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