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parachutelike

parachutelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a parachute.

Adjective

parachutelike (comparative more parachutelike, superlative most parachutelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a parachute.
    • The Ice Bag, a parachutelike swell of nylon cloth capped by polyester resin, is an oversized, mechanized version of the classic headache remedy.2009 May 8, Karen Rosenberg, “A Low-Cost Show Reinflates a Big Bag”, in New York Times

Forms of parachutelike

comparativemore parachutelike
superlativemost parachutelike

Origin of parachutelike

From parachute + -like.

Questions about parachutelike

What does parachutelike mean?
Parachutelike means resembling or characteristic of a parachute.
What part of speech is parachutelike?
Parachutelike is an adjective.

Words near parachutelike in the dictionary

  1. parachute payments
  2. parachute roll
  3. parachute rolls
  4. parachuted
  5. parachuteless
  6. parachutelike
  7. parachuter
  8. parachuters
  9. parachutes
  10. parachutic
  11. parachuting

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