chute
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4.2
- noun
- /ʃuːt/
:
tobogán
- The children slid down the chute excitedly at the playground.
- discharge chute
- drop chute
You guys are not going to believe what I saw someone throwing down the trash chute.
- You guys are not going to believe what I saw someone throwing down the trash chute.
- And he's there throwing the dog down the chute, he insults people, he's misogynistic, he's racist, you know, all whatever.
- But for me to try to force you into that chute, I break something in the way the human mind works and all hell breaks loose.
Examples
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As the steamboat passed into the chute, he looked up at Llenor with a gap-toothed Huck Finn grin.
Fiction book (1998) -
Basically, what you're looking to do is get your sorry rear ends from the top of an icy chute to the bottom.
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I think the best way in is through the coal chute of the building next door.
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I thought they found you down a laundry chute.
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The material falls into the chute rather than raining down on the equipment below.
Academic text (2001) -
And to handle our debris, we'll be using this trash chute.
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He's gone down the laundry chute, possibly to the basement.
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"Did you know there's supposed to be a laundry chute going down to the basement?" he asked.
Fiction book (1992) -
Linen goes on beds, gets dirtied, down the chute, washed, dried, and back onto the beds.
Fiction book (1990) -
Casper and Fouchet throw the last of their gear down the chute and ride the sled out.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
112
1.0
A smooth sloping surface children go down for fun
5
8.0
A sloping track used to slide logs down a hill
1
8.3
A slanted channel that lets things slide down by gravity
1
7.0
A sloping passage that lets coal fall into a building or basement
A long tilted channel that guides water or things down by themselves
A sloping slide with flowing water that people go down into a pool
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.2
A small parachute that slows something moving very fast, for example a plane or race car
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chute (sloping channel) also comes from the French chute meaning 'fall', and it gives a clear image: a chute is a sloping way that makes people or things fall or slide down. That's why we call a slide or channel a 'chute'.