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   chute

   /ʃuːt/

   noun

   • 1. a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level: "cement was loaded on to barges via chutes" Similar channelslidetroughshaftfunnelconduitramprunway
   • ▪ a water slide into a swimming pool. Similar water slideslideflumelog flumehydroslide
   • 2. a narrow metal enclosure for holding or restraining livestock, in which an animal may be vaccinated, branded, etc.: "cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally a North American usage): from French, ‘fall’ (of water or rocks), from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir ‘to fall’, from Latin cadere; influenced by shoot.

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   What is the meaning of Chute the chute?

   • Definition of chute-the-chute. 1 : a slide (as in an amusement park) often ending in a pool of water.

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   What does chuted mean in mountaineering?

   • , chut·ed, chut·ing. Supplies were chuted to the snowbound mountain climbers. informal. The new business made mistakes right out of the chute and failed within a year. If you aren’t rappelling into 50-degree chutes or navigating knife-edge ridges, most of the terrain forgives poor mountaineering skills.

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   What is a natural chute?

   • 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 moved by means of gravity . A chute, also known as a race, flume, cat, or river canyon, is a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly.

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   Is a chute a parachute?

   • A chute is a parachute. You can release the chute with either hand, but it is easier to do it with the left. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   How to use chute in a sentence. fall; a quick descent (as in a river) : rapid; an inclined plane, sloping channel, or passage down or through which things may pass : slide… See the full definition

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   Chute definition: an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.. See examples of CHUTE used in a sentence.

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   chute noun. The laundry chute leads down to the washer-dryer area in the basement. shoot verb. The recruits are learning to shoot at targets. shoot noun. She posed for the cameras as though for a fashion shoot.

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   CHUTE definition: 1. a long thin structure that people or things can slide down: 2. short for parachute. Learn more.