Chute or Chutes, may refer to:
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Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided
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Chute (landform)
A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity.
Landform
A chute, also known as a race, flume, cat, or river canyon, is a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly.
A ...
, a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly
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Escape chute
An escape chute is a special kind of emergency exit, used where conventional fire escape stairways are impractical. The chute is a fabric (or occasionally metal) tube installed near a special exit on an upper floor or roof of a building, or a tal ...
, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical
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Mail chute, a letter collection device
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Parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or, in a ram-air parachute, aerodynamic lift. A major application is to support people, for recreation or as a safety device for aviators, who ...
, a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag
People
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Chute (surname)
Places
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Chute, Wiltshire, a parish in England, United Kingdom
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Chute River, a short river in Maine, United States
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Chute, Victoria
Chute is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Pyrenees local government area, west of the state capital, Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and mo ...
, a locality in Australia
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Rivière des Chutes (Batiscan River tributary)
The Rivière des Chutes (''English: River of the Falls'') drains mainly the municipality of Saint-Narcisse, and also Saint-Stanislas, at the end of its course. These municipalities are located in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in th ...
(french: Chutes River, link=no; Falls River), a river in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada
Facilities and structures
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Pont des Chutes
The pont des Chutes is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada.
Among the last in Quebec, 34 covered bridges were constructed in Abitibi, and are associated with the colonisation of the region in the early 1900s. Today fewer than h ...
(french: Chutes Bridge, link=no; Falls Bridge), a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
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École secondaire des Chutes (disambiguation) École secondaire des Chutes (french: Chutes Secondary School; Falls Secondary) may refer to:
* École secondaire des Chutes (Rawdon) of the Commission scolaire des Samares
* École secondaire des Chutes (Shawinigan) of the Commission scolaire de ...
(french: Chutes Secondary School, link=no; Falls Secondary); highschools
Television
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''Chute!'' (television programme), a children's programme
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The Chute
"The Chute" is the 45th episode of '' Star Trek: Voyager'', the third episode of the third season. In this science fiction story, two members of the crew of the USS ''Voyager'' are trapped in an alien prison. The episode was directed by Les Landa ...
", a 1996 episode in the third season of ''Star Trek: Voyager''
Other uses
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Chutes and ladders
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Pilot chute, a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy a main parachute
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Chute (racecourse), a projection extending from either end of an oval-shaped racecourse
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Squeeze chute
A cattle crush (in UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Botswana and Australia), squeeze chute (North America), cattle chute (North America), standing stock, or simply stock (North America, Ireland) is a strongly built stall or cage for holding cattle, ...
, a cage for restraining a farm animal
* Chute (in North America), a
cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals
See also
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Shoot (disambiguation)
A shoot is an immature plant or portion of a plant.
Shoot may also refer to:
* Photo shoot, a photography session; an event wherein a photographer takes photographs
* Shooting, the firing of projectile weapons
Arts and entertainment Film and tele ...
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Shute (disambiguation) Shute may refer to:
Places
* Shute, Devon, village in Devon, near Axminster
** Shute Barton, mediaeval manor house, located at Shute
* Shute Harbour, Australia
* Shute Park (Oregon), park in Hillsboro, Oregon
People with the surname
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Deschutes (disambiguation)
Des chutes is French for ''of the falls'', referring to waterfalls or rapids.
Deschutes or Des Chutes or variations may refer to:
Places
* Deschutes County, Oregon, a county in the U.S. state of Oregon
* Deschutes National Forest, a national fo ...
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