Definition of "chute" [chute]

• An inclined trough, passage, or channel through or down which things may pass. (noun)
• A waterfall or rapid. (noun)
• A parachute. (noun)
• To convey or deposit by a chute. (verb-transitive)
• To go or descend by a chute. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "The chute is deployed when the plane's tailcone is jettisoned."