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Definition of
chute noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
chute
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ʃut
/
/
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1
a tube or passage down which people or things can slide
a
laundry/garbage chute
(= from the upper floors of a high building)
2
(
informal
)
=
parachute
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chute
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