chute en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ʃɪu̯t/ (Wales)
- (US) audio
- /ʃuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ʃʉt/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- /ʃut/ (General-American)
Etymology
From French chute.
Meanings
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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.
On reaching the slip, the barrow was wheeled off the truck onto a scaffolding gantry built out over the wall, and the concrete tipped down a corrugated iron chute on to a steel plate.
1959 December 14, Richard Hope, “Narrow Gauge Landslip”, in Railway Magazine, page 866:
- A waterfall or rapid.
- A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
- An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chutes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
chute house · ballute · straight out of the chute · chutelike · out of the chute · laundry chute · chute-the-chute · pod-chute · chuteless · trash chute · garbage chute · shoot-the-chute · bean chute · poop chute · Stony Chute · cruising chute · dirt chute · drag chute · chute dogging · squeeze chute · drogue chute · refuse chute · flood chute · head chute
Translations (47)
sv slas (trough or tube) · de Rutschbahn (trough or tube) · de Wasserrutsche (trough or tube) · de Treibgang (trough or tube) · de Schurre (trough or tube) · el καταπακτή (trough or tube) · hu akna (trough or tube) · de Rohr (trough or tube) · fi kouru (trough or tube) · hu siklópálya (trough or tube) · de Schacht (trough or tube) · gl freixa (waterfall or rapid) · fr cascade (waterfall or rapid) · fr chute d'eau (waterfall or rapid) · sv ränna (trough or tube) · fi kuilu (trough or tube) · fi putous (waterfall or rapid) · gl breixa (waterfall or rapid) · fr toboggan (trough or tube) · hu surrantó (waterfall or rapid) · de Schussrinne (trough or tube) · gl doira (waterfall or rapid) · fi ränni (trough or tube) · gl quella (trough or tube) · nb nedkastrør (trough or tube) · gl calla (trough or tube) · de Röhre (trough or tube) · de Stromschnelle (waterfall or rapid) · de Rodelbahn (trough or tube) · de Wasserrutschbahn (trough or tube) · hu csúsztatópálya (trough or tube) · hu ledobó (trough or tube) · gl callón (waterfall or rapid) · hu vízesés (waterfall or rapid) · hu csúsztató (trough or tube) · sv kana (trough or tube) · hu vízmosás (waterfall or rapid) · pt calha (trough or tube) · bg улей (trough or tube) · de Rinne (trough or tube) · gl cadoiro (waterfall or rapid) · hu csúszda (trough or tube) · de Rollloch (trough or tube) · de Rutsche (trough or tube) · de Schütte (trough or tube) · ru жёлоб (trough or tube) · de Kanal (trough or tube)