'Chute' definitions:
Definition of 'chute'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Chute'
From: GCIDE
- Chute \Chute\, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. See Shoot. [1913 Webster] Chutney
Definition of 'chute'
From: GCIDE
- Shoot \Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.] [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avenue,
- bank,
- bevel,
- bezel,
- blowhole,
- brolly,
- carousel,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- channel,
- chimney,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- collapse,
- comedown,
- country rock,
- crash,
- debacle,
- debouch,
- declension,
- declination,
- defluxion,
- deposit,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- dike,
- door,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward trend,
- drogue chute,
- drop,
- dropping,
- easy slope,
- eaves trough,
- egress,
- emunctory,
- escape,
- estuary,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- fall,
- falling,
- falls,
- Ferris wheel,
- fleam,
- floodgate,
- flume,
- flying horses,
- force,
- gangue,
- gentle slope,
- glacis,
- grade,
- gradient,
- gravitation,
- guide,
- gutter,
- hanging gardens,
- harness,
- helicline,
- hillside,
- inclination,
- incline,
- inclined plane,
- launching ramp,
- lode,
- lodestuff,
- loophole,
- matrix,
- merry-go-round,
- mineral deposit,
- opening,
- ore bed,
- out,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- pack,
- parachute,
- parachute jump,
- pay dirt,
- penstock,
- pentrough,
- pitch,
- plummeting,
- pore,
- port,
- pounce,
- ramp,
- rapid,
- rapids,
- riff,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- roller coaster,
- roundabout,
- runway,
- sally port,
- sault,
- scarp,
- seesaw,
- shaft,
- shelving beach,
- shoot,
- shroud lines,
- side,
- sky dive,
- slide,
- slope,
- sluice,
- spiracle,
- spout,
- steep slope,
- stiff climb,
- stock,
- stoop,
- swing,
- swoop,
- talus,
- tap,
- teeter-totter,
- trough,
- umbrella,
- vein,
- vent,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- vomitory,
- waterfall,
- way out,
- weir,
- whip,
- whirligig