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chute
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As a noun, chute means 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. As a verb, it means parachute.
Meanings of chute
9 meaningsnoun
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.
A waterfall or rapid.
The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
informalA parachute.
nauticalslangA spinnaker.
Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
Similar: parachuteSloping channel through which things can descend
Similar: slide, slideway, sloping trough
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).