chute Synonyms
Another word for chute
• noun (Context 1)
A sloping channel, trough, or shaft through which objects, materials, or water can slide or drop to a lower level.
"Hotel staff dropped the soiled linens down the laundry slide to the basement."
• noun (Context 2)
An informal shortening of parachute.
"The skydiver pulled the ripcord and watched the main parachute billow open above her."
• noun (Context 3)
A steep, narrow, rapid section of a river or waterfall, or a steep, narrow couloir on a mountainside.
"The kayakers carefully scouted the rocky rapid before paddling through the rapids."
• noun (Context 4)
A narrow fenced passage or stall used for holding, sorting, or loading livestock, or for releasing animals in a rodeo.
"The veterinarian guided the steer into the squeeze pen to administer the vaccine."
• verb (Context 5)
To send, drop, or convey down an inclined channel or chute.
"Workers chuted the harvested grain directly from the silo into the waiting railcars."
• verb (Context 6)
To descend or drop by parachute (informal).
"The rescue team chuted into the remote mountain valley to reach the stranded hikers."