water chute

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• water-chute — [watɛʀʃyt] n. ÉTYM. Attesté XXe; de l angl. water « eau », et chute. ❖ ♦ Vieilli. Sorte de toboggan sur lequel coule de l eau (→ Scenic railway, cit., Romains). Au plur. || Des water chutes. REM. Le genre est incertain. 0 Du parc aux attractions …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• water chute — noun chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool • Hypernyms: ↑chute, ↑slide, ↑slideway, ↑sloping trough * * * noun : a chute usually with flowing water that is equipped with boats which slide down… …   Useful english 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

• water shoot — noun 1. A channel for the overflow of water 2. A water chute • • • Main Entry: ↑water …   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 — 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 — Chute, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. See {Shoot}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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-the-chute — ☆ chute the chute [sho͞ot′ thə sho͞ot′ ] n. an amusement park ride with a steep slide, often into a pool of water …   English World dictionary

• 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