chute vs waterfall

chute

noun
  • A waterfall or rapid. 

  • A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. 

  • The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. 

  • A parachute. 

  • A spinnaker. 

verb
  • To parachute. 

waterfall

noun
  • Waterfall model 

  • A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. 

  • A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. 

  • The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel. 

verb
  • To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim. 

  • To fall like a waterfall. 

  • Synonym of recycle 

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