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How to pronounce parachute in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chute
Type of rescue equipment
Has types drogue parachute, parasail, drogue chute, drogue
Derivation parachutist
Type Words
Synonyms chute, jump
Type of dive, plunge, plunk
Has types sky dive, skydive
Derivation parachuter, parachuting, parachutist

Examples of parachute

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Fortunately the automatic parachute opener in his equipment functioned properly.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This image shows the Hayabusa capsule after landing with its parachute attached.
From the sciencedaily.com
Is there a parachute that stops your fall or do you hit the ground and splatter?
From the thenewstribune.com
Kevin had mimicked holding a parachute jump line in a plane and parachuting out.
From the post-gazette.com
He never topped 83 mph, stepping on and off the gas with his parachute changeup.
From the denverpost.com
His parachute snagged a tree, and he ended up dangling 30 feet above the ground.
From the sacbee.com
The T-10D parachute is non-steerable and falls at roughly 18-21 feet per second.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Women worked as mechanics, parachute riggers and heavy mobile equipment drivers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More than 50,000 parachute jumps are made from the center every year, Boyd said.
From the chron.com
More examples
  • Chute: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
  • Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
  • A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or aerodynamic lift generated by a parachute canopy shaped like an aerofoil which is able to generate lift by its forward speed through the air. ...
  • Parachute was the first album released by the band Guster. The album was mostly recorded in 1994, and a few copies were released under the band name Gus (the band had to change its name shortly afterward when another artist signed a record contract under that name). ...
  • The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology and is a subset of balloon aircraft.
  • Parachute is a pop rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia. The members graduated from college in May 2008 and since then have been touring and promoting their debut album Losing Sleep full-time. ...
  • Parachute or Parachuting is a method of swallowing drugs by rolling or folding powdered or crushed drugs in a piece of toilet paper (or other similar paper) to ingest while avoiding the taste of the chemical.
  • Hellogoodbye (styled as hellogoodbye) is a power pop band that was formed in in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records and released their first full-length album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! ...
  • Parachute is an iPod game released by Apple Inc. for various iPod models. The game is installed in the firmware. It is very similar to the Apple II game Sabotage.