chute¹ Definition
☆ chute (s̸ho̵̅o̅t)
noun
- a waterfall
- rapids in a river
- an inclined or vertical trough or passage down which something may be slid or dropped
- a steep slide, as for tobogganing
Etymology: Fr, a fall < OFr cheute < cheoite, pp. of cheoir, to fall < L cadere: see case
chute² Definition
chute (s̸ho̵̅o̅t)
noun
Informal parachute
chute² Related Forms
chut′·ist noun
chute Synonyms
chute Usage Examples
Converse of object
- deploy: We fell for around 20 - 25 seconds before deploying the chute.
- cruise: There I decide to swap the staysail for the cruising chute.
- use: The skydiver uses the pilot chute to initiate the opening sequence.
- have: It also has the same chute you speak of!
- throw: Be sure to take a long enough delay so as not to throw the pilot chute over the tail of the aircraft.
- hold: An alcove in the east wall held another waste chute.
Adjective modifier
- steep: Next cross the uplift track and down a steep rock chute into a deep rutted left then right.
- rubbish: No one wants to recycle or can't throw their rubbish down the rubbish chutes provided.
- main: You ought to pull the main pilot chute a couple of times during this revision.
- long: Originally the tramway from the quarries terminated high up the side of the valley, with stone dropping down much longer chutes.
- small: Cattle were being prodded into a small chute, where a man with a sledgehammer waited.
- old: The old chute where the stone was loaded into the barges can still be seen.
Modifies a noun
- bay: I then built the sustainer electronics bay, which sits between the two chute bays.
- system: The container also needs to be compatible with the pilot chute retraction system.
Noun used with modifier
- laundry: She directs Liz and Simon to a laundry chute reassuring them that it is only a short drop.
- pilot: The pilot chute is in a pocket located on the bottom of the container.
- coal: Some one had already set the coal chute door on bricks ready to receive this first swarm of many hundreds more to come.
- brake: Things to take into account are brake chutes and thrust reversers, it might be worth zooming in on these details.
- discharge: Keep the underside of the cutter deck and the discharge chute clean.
- sand: Next to Anegada Rock, a sand chute collapses into a rocky cleft.
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