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Definition of Chute
1. Verb. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
Exact synonyms: Jump, 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
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.
Exact synonyms: Parachute
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
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.
Exact synonyms: Slide, Slideway, Sloping Trough
Specialized synonyms: Coal Chute, Runway, Water Chute
Generic synonyms: Gutter, Trough
Terms within: Skid
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
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