water chute
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtər ʃuːt/
- US
:
tobogán acuático
- The children squealed with excitement as they raced down the water chute into the pool.
Examples
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He lost his sunglasses at the top of the water chute but found them in the pool below.
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The kids loved the water chute at the amusement park.
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Every summer, the amusement park opens a new water chute for visitors to enjoy.
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Have you ever been on a water chute?
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The children excitedly lined up to go down the water chute at the amusement park.
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She screamed with delight as she slid down the water chute into the cool water of the pool.
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At the water park, the new water chute offers thrilling twists and turns for visitors.
Synonyms
112
1.0
A smooth sloping surface children go down for fun
38
4.2
A sloping passage like a slide that lets people or things go down
4
1.0
A long smooth slide with water that people ride into a pool
How Exciting
471
4.8
- US
- Informal
4
1.0
- Specialized
3
8.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a sloping slide with flowing water' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'water' (the liquid) with 'chute' (a sloped passage or slide); the headword specifies the medium and the modifier narrows the kind of chute. This straightforward noun-noun compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Water chute comes from the literal picture of water and chute, where chute is a word for a 'fall' of water. Imagine a small waterfall built as a slide that sends people into a pool with flowing water, and that's why the name means a sloping slide with water at a park.