chute channel

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• Chute — may refer to: Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided Mail chute, a chute for collecting and transporting mail within a building Chute (in North America), a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals… …   Wikipedia

• chute — is the standard spelling in the meanings (1) a sloping channel or slide, and (2) a parachute …   Modern English usage

• chute — [n] ramp, slope channel, course, fall, gutter, incline, rapid, runway, slide, trough; concepts 440,471 …   New thesaurus

• chute — (also shoot) ► NOUN 1) a sloping channel for conveying things to a lower level. 2) a water slide into a swimming pool. ORIGIN French, fall (of water or rocks) …   English terms dictionary

• Chute (gravity) — For other uses, see Chute (disambiguation). Natural chute (falls) on the left and man made logging chute on the right on the Coulonge River in Quebec, Canada. A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are… …   Wikipedia

• chute — Shoot Shoot, n. [F. chute. See {Chute}. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chute — chute1 /shooht/, n., v., chuted, chuting. n. 1. an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level. 2. a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river. 3. a water slide, as at an amusement park …   Universalium

• chute — I. noun also shute Etymology: French, from Old French, from cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere more at chance Date: 1805 1. a. fall 6b b. a quick descent (as in a river) ; rapid 2. an inclined plane, sloping channel, or passage down or t …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chute — I [[t]ʃut[/t]] n. v. chut•ed, chut•ing 1) an inclined channel, as a trough or shaft, for conveying water, grain, etc., to a lower level 2) a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river 3) cvb a water slide, as at an amusement park 4) a steep slope …   From formal English to slang

• chute — Synonyms and related words: Ferris wheel, avenue, bank, bevel, bezel, blowhole, brolly, carousel, cascade, cataract, channel, chimney, chute the chutes, chutes, collapse, comedown, country rock, crash, debacle, debouch, declension, declination,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• chute — 1. n. 1 a sloping channel or slide, with or without water, for conveying things to a lower level. 2 a slide into a swimming pool. Etymology: F chute fall (of water etc.), f. OF cheoite fem. past part. of cheoir fall f. L cadere; in some senses =… …   Useful english dictionary