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Meaning of drag parachute | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.

Equivalents

Suomi jarruvarjo

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

drag path drag queen drag queenery drag queenism drag race drag racer