chutes

Meaning of chutes

plural noun
  1. a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level.
    cement was loaded on to barges via chutes
  2. a narrow metal enclosure for holding or restraining livestock, in which an animal may be vaccinated, branded, etc.
    cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides

early 19th century (originally a North American usage): from French, ‘fall’ (of water or rocks), from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir ‘to fall’, from Latin cadere ; influenced by shoot.

plural noun

a parachute.

1920s: shortened form.

Information about chutes

Hyphenation of chutes

chutes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • chutes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

chutes synonyms

Meaning a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas:

channel

Meaning a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down:

slide

Meaning a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of:

trough

Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:

shaft

Meaning a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening:

funnel

Meaning a tube or trough for protecting electric wiring:

conduit

Meaning a sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building:

ramp

Meaning a strip of hard ground along which aircraft take off and land:

runway

Anagrams of chutes

schute, tusche

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