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parachutes

parachutes is the plural of parachute.

parachutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parachute.

Meaning of parachute

Noun

parachute (plural parachutes)

  1. A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
  2. A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  3. Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
  4. A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
    • Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a...1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 53
  5. A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

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Phrases with parachutes

Questions about parachutes

What is parachutes the plural of?
Parachutes is the plural of parachute.

Words near parachutes in the dictionary

  1. parachuted
  2. parachuteless
  3. parachutelike
  4. parachuter
  5. parachuters
  6. parachutes
  7. parachutic
  8. parachuting
  9. parachutings
  10. parachutism
  11. parachutist

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