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drag parachutes

drag parachutes is the plural of drag parachute.

Meaning of drag parachute

Noun

drag parachute (plural drag parachutes)

  1. A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.
    • The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute.1962 July 27, “Jet-Powered Dragster”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 13 Nov 2015, page 12
    Synonyms:
    parabrake

Questions about drag parachutes

What is drag parachutes the plural of?
Drag parachutes is the plural of drag parachute.

Words near drag parachutes in the dictionary

  1. drag one's balls across
  2. drag one's feet
  3. drag one's heels
  4. drag out
  5. drag parachute
  6. drag parachutes
  7. drag path
  8. drag queen
  9. drag queenery
  10. drag queenism
  11. drag queens

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