chute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chute	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for chute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chute n rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall Synonym(s): parachute, chute sloping channel through which things can descend Synonym(s): chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough v jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: chute, parachute, jump]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] {To take a shoot}, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. See {Shoot}.