chute
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a…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.
» The trash chute got clogged up.
Meaning
6 sensesA 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.
Rutsche, Rinne, Schacht
жёлобžólob
A waterfall or rapid.
Stromschnelle
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.
(informal)A parachute.
Fallschirm, Schirm
парашю́тparašút
(broadly, slang)A spinnaker.
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
Examples
10 sentencesThe trash chute got clogged up.
The trash chute is clogged and smells horrible.
Remember to throw your clothes down the clothes chute.
Don't throw large or bulky items down the garbage chute.
I dropped it into the garbage chute and forgot about it.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From French chute. Clipping of parachute.Forms
plural: chutesSynonyms
4 synonyms- sloping channel through which things can descend:slideslidewaysloping trough
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall:parachute