chute
/ʃut/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.19 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
noun
An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
Example Sentences
- "On reaching the slip, the barrow was wheeled off the truck onto a scaffolding gantry built out over the wall, and the concrete tipped down a corrugated iron chute on to a steel plate."
- "Yet the initial IMF rescue plan was far from the parachute which it professed to be – the chute did open briefly but only for it to "Roman candle", the hapless victim left to plummet to earth with a sickening thud."
- "At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle , but in another moment, it popped."
- "On the second operation the 1,000 mortar bombs were parachuted into the LZ on 125 chutes; all were on target but two roman candled which sent everyone diving for cover and necessitated the change of some knickers."
Etymology
From French chute.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: chute
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃut/
- British English: /ʃuːt/