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Definition of Chute
1. Verb. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
Entails: Glide, Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Generic synonyms: Dive, Plunge, Plunk
Specialized synonyms: Sky Dive, Skydive
Derivative terms: Jump, Parachute, Parachuter, Parachuting, Parachutist
2. Noun. Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall.
Terms within: Canopy, Harness, Ripcord, Shroud, Static Line
Specialized synonyms: Drogue, Drogue Chute, Drogue Parachute, Drogue Parachute, Parasail
Generic synonyms: Rescue Equipment
Derivative terms: Parachute, Parachutist
3. Noun. Sloping channel through which things can descend.
Specialized synonyms: Coal Chute, Runway, Water Chute
Generic synonyms: Gutter, Trough
Terms within: Skid
Definition of Chute
1. n. 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.
Definition of Chute
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. parachute ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chute
1. to convey by chute (a vertical passage) [v CHUTED, CHUTING, CHUTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chute
Literary usage of Chute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Soon afterwards chute died, but Nashe took his revenge on the dead man. ...
Nashe denounces chute for his ignorance, his poverty, and his indulgence in ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1873)
"Mr. chute Woodfield went his own way, and paid the highest tribute that managem'ent
could pay VOL. XI., NS. ..."
3. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"chute-gate, Home- slake Mine chute-gates, at bottoms of chutes, raia °*fi 10'« «'
control the flow of ore in loading into cars, design and details vary ..."
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