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Definition of Slideway
1. Noun. Sloping channel through which things can descend.
Exact synonyms: Chute, Slide, 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 Slideway
1. n. A way along which something slides.
Definition of Slideway
1. Noun. Any form of track along which things can slide ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slideway
1. a route along which something slides [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slideway
Literary usage of Slideway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1878)
"A channel is first cut for the slideway, and 10 or 12 feet beyond, ... 398) up
the slideway ; and then the surface is laid out and scratched into regular ..."
2. Stone; an Illustrated Magazine (1898)
"The said vertically-movable horizontal slideway is adjusted or raised and lowered
by the means—preferably screws a"—before referred to. ..."
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