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    chute
    chute /ʃuːt/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: 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 had several water chutes.
    2. informal a parachute