slide-down chute

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• chute — [ʃu:t] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: fall , from Old French cheoir to fall ] 1.) a long narrow structure that slopes down, so that things or people can slide down it from one place to another ▪ a rubbish chute ▪ a laundry chute ▪ The pool …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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-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

• slide — slidable, adj. slidableness, n. /sluyd/, v., slid /slid/, slid or slidden /slid n/, sliding, n. v.i. 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip or skid …   Universalium

• slide — v. & n. v. (past and past part. slid) 1 a intr. move along a smooth surface with continuous contact on the same part of the thing moving (cf. ROLL). b tr. cause to do this (slide the drawer into place). 2 intr. move quietly; glide; go smoothly… …   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 — 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 — [ʃuːt] noun [C] a tube or narrow open structure that people or things slide down …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• slide — [slīd] vi. slid [slid] sliding [ME sliden < OE slidan < IE * (s)leidh , slippery < base * (s)lei , slimy, slippery > LIME1, SLICK, SLIME] 1. to move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance [windows that… …   English World dictionary

• chute — ☆ chute1 [sho͞ot ] n. [Fr, a fall < OFr cheute < cheoite, pp. of cheoir, to fall < L cadere: see CASE1] 1. a) a waterfall b) rapids in a river 2. an inclined or vertical trough or passage down which something may be slid or dropped …   English World 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