drag parachute
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.
Example Sentences
- "The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute."
- "As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down."
- "The aircraft is designed to use a drag parachute as a brake, but Mr Prothero didn't have time to deploy it."