noun
- sloping channels or passages down which things can slide
- parachutes
Usage: informal
Examples
- The children played on the playground chutes all afternoon.
- Mail chutes in old buildings carried letters between floors.
- The laundry chutes made it easy to send clothes to the basement.
- Emergency chutes deployed from the airplane during the drill.
- The skydivers checked their chutes before jumping.
- Water slides are essentially recreational chutes for swimmers.