variants
or less commonly shute
chuted; chuting
: to convey by a chute
1
: to go in or as if in a chute
2
: to utilize a chute (as by passing ore down it)
Examples of chute in a Sentence
Noun
She dropped the towels into the laundry chute.
children sliding down a water chute
The skiers came racing down the chute.
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Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
After the slide was deployed, passengers were temporarily stuck onboard until engineers were able to manually detach the chute, which took around an hour, according to the New York Post.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Kristen Geil, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Secure lid on food processor and remove center piece of food chute to allow steam to escape.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The 4-year-old colt nearly veered into a temporary rail that leads horses out of the 1¼-mile chute at the head of the stretch.
—Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
After the slide was deployed, passengers were temporarily stuck onboard until engineers were able to manually detach the chute, which took around an hour, according to the New York Post.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Plus, the exit chute from the NYC Marathon is notoriously long, requiring nearly another mile of walking.
—Kristen Geil, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Secure lid on food processor and remove center piece of food chute to allow steam to escape.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chute. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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