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chutes

noun

Meaning

  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. A waterfall or rapid.
  3. The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
  4. A parachute.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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