chute
/ʃuːt/noun
उच्चारण शूट
ढलवाँ नली
Core word
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a tube or passage down which people or things can slide; (informal) a parachute
ढलवाँ नली
- a garbage chute
- Children laughed as they slid down the long chute at the water park.
- The laundry is dropped down a chute to the basement.
+ 2 more examples
- Grain slid down the chute into the waiting truck.
- The pilot's chute opened just in time.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
chute (countable noun)
A chute is a sloping tube or channel down which people or things slide, such as a water chute, laundry chute or rubbish chute.
Chute ढलान वाली नली या रास्ता है जिसमें से लोग या चीज़ें फिसलकर नीचे आती हैं, जैसे water chute, laundry chute या rubbish chute।
- Waste is dropped down the chute to the basement.
- Children screamed with joy on the water chute.
down / through the chute
Down describes movement along the slope and through suggests passing along the length of the passage.
Down ढलान के साथ गति बताता है और through पूरे रास्ते से गुज़रने का भाव देता है।
- Parcels slid down the chute onto the belt.
- Grain falls through the chute into sacks.
parachute (informal short form)
In informal British English, chute can also be short for parachute. It is not used in formal writing.
अनौपचारिक ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में chute, parachute का संक्षिप्त रूप भी हो सकता है। औपचारिक लेखन में इसका प्रयोग नहीं होता।
- The pilot's chute opened at 2,000 feet.
chute vs shoot vs shute
Chute is pronounced like shoot. Do not confuse the spelling with shoot, a verb for firing or growing.
Chute का उच्चारण shoot जैसा है। इसकी वर्तनी को shoot (गोली चलाना या अंकुर) से न मिलाएं।
- The soldier will shoot, but the grain slides down the chute.
+Collocations 5
type + chute
waterrubbishlaundrycoalescape
- A rubbish chute runs down the side of the building.
verb + chute
slide downdrop intopour throughcleanblock
- Wheat was poured through the chute into the truck.
chute + noun
doorgateopeningbeltslope
- He closed the chute door.
adjective + chute
steepnarrowlongmetalwooden
- A steep metal chute leads to the loading dock.
emergency chute
escape chuteinflatable chuteemergency exit chute
- An escape chute opens from the aircraft door.
“More examples 5
- The workers sent the sacks down a chute to the lorry.
मज़दूरों ने बोरे chute से नीचे लॉरी तक भेजे।
- Radhika's brother loved the big chute at the water park.
राधिका के भाई को water park की बड़ी chute बहुत पसंद थी।
- The rubbish chute on the fourth floor was blocked.
चौथी मंज़िल की कचरा chute जाम हो गई थी।
- Hot coal slid along the chute into the furnace.
गरम कोयला chute से होकर भट्टी में गिरा।
- Passengers can leave the aircraft through an escape chute.
यात्री विमान से escape chute के रास्ते बाहर निकल सकते हैं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The garbage was thrown by the chute.
✓ The garbage was thrown down the chute.
Movement along a slope takes down, not by.
ढलान पर गति के लिए 'down' आता है, 'by' नहीं।
✗ The children enjoyed the water shoot at the park.
✓ The children enjoyed the water chute at the park.
The sliding passage is spelt chute; shoot is a different word.
फिसलने वाले रास्ते की वर्तनी chute है; shoot अलग शब्द है।
?Which word?
Homophone: chute and shoot are both /ʃuːt/.
Homophone: chute और shoot दोनों /ʃuːt/ हैं।