chute+(noun)

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• chute-the-chute — noun elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) • Syn: ↑roller coaster, ↑big dipper • Hypernyms: ↑elevated railway, ↑elevated railroad, ↑elevated, ↑el, ↑overhead railway …   Useful english dictionary

• chute — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ garbage (esp. AmE), laundry, rubbish (BrE), water ▪ a swimming pool with a long water chute PREPOSITION ▪ down a/the  …   Collocations dictionary

• chute — [ ʃut ] noun count 1. ) a tube or a smooth narrow open surface that people or things slide down: a laundry/garbage/recycling chute a swimming pool with a water chute 2. ) INFORMAL a PARACHUTE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• chute-the-chutes — noun see chute the chute …   Useful english dictionary

• chute — noun (C) 1 a long narrow structure that slopes down, used for sliding things from one place to another or for people to slide down: The pool had the added attraction of a water chute. 2 informal a parachute 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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 — noun /ʃuːt/ a) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. b) parachute …   Wiktionary

• chute man — noun : one who tends chutes especially by receiving and disposing of loads from or into them: as a. : a worker in a metal mine who loads mine cars underground b. : a coal miner who tends chutes from tipple to railroad cars c. : a millworker who… …   Useful english dictionary

• chute — UK [ʃuːt] / US [ʃut] noun [countable] Word forms chute : singular chute plural chutes 1) a tube or a smooth narrow open surface that people or things slide down a laundry/rubbish/recycling chute a swimming pool with a water chute 2) informal a… …   English dictionary

• 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 — chute1 (also shoot) noun a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level. ↘a water slide into a swimming pool. Origin C19: from Fr., fall (of water or rocks); influenced by shoot. chute2 noun informal 1》 a parachute. 2》 Sailing a …   English new terms dictionary