drogue chute

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   a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly

   Synonymsdroguedrogue parachute

   Broaderparachute

Questions about drogue chute

What does drogue chute mean?

drogue chute means "a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly".

What is another word for drogue chute?

Close synonyms include drogue, drogue parachute. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drogue chute a common word?

drogue chute is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.