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chute — [ʃu:t] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: fall , from Old French cheoir to fall ] 1.) a long narrow structure that slopes down, so that things or people can slide down it from one place to another ▪ a rubbish chute ▪ a laundry chute ▪ The pool … Dictionary of contemporary English
chute — ☆ chute1 [sho͞ot ] n. [Fr, a fall < OFr cheute < cheoite, pp. of cheoir, to fall < L cadere: see CASE1] 1. a) a waterfall b) rapids in a river 2. an inclined or vertical trough or passage down which something may be slid or dropped … English World dictionary
chute — [ ʃut ] noun count 1. ) a tube or a smooth narrow open surface that people or things slide down: a laundry/garbage/recycling chute a swimming pool with a water chute 2. ) INFORMAL a PARACHUTE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Chute (gravity) — For other uses, see Chute (disambiguation). Natural chute (falls) on the left and man made logging chute on the right on the Coulonge River in Quebec, Canada. A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are… … Wikipedia
laundry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, dirty … OF LAUNDRY ▪ pile ▪ There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed. VERB + LAUNDRY ▪ … Collocations dictionary
chute — UK [ʃuːt] / US [ʃut] noun [countable] Word forms chute : singular chute plural chutes 1) a tube or a smooth narrow open surface that people or things slide down a laundry/rubbish/recycling chute a swimming pool with a water chute 2) informal a… … English dictionary
chute — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ garbage (esp. AmE), laundry, rubbish (BrE), water ▪ a swimming pool with a long water chute PREPOSITION ▪ down a/the … Collocations dictionary
chute man — noun : one who tends chutes especially by receiving and disposing of loads from or into them: as a. : a worker in a metal mine who loads mine cars underground b. : a coal miner who tends chutes from tipple to railroad cars c. : a millworker who… … Useful english dictionary
Industrial laundry — Large institutions that require a constant flow of clean linen, working clothing or uniform, will often employ the services of an industrial laundry. Hospitals, prisons and hotels, for instance, will usually have their own laundry departments.… … Wikipedia
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