Chute

Chute or Chutes, may refer to:

• Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided
• Chute (landform), a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly
• Escape chute, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical
• Mail chute, a letter collection device
• Parachute, a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag

People

• Chute (surname)

Places

• Chute, Wiltshire, a parish in England, United Kingdom
• Chute River, a short river in Maine, United States
• Chute, Victoria, a locality in Australia
• Rivière des Chutes (Batiscan River tributary) (French: Chutes River; Falls River), a river in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

Facilities and structures

• Pont des Chutes (French: Chutes Bridge; Falls Bridge), a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
• École secondaire des Chutes (disambiguation) (French: Chutes Secondary School; Falls Secondary); highschools

Television

• Chute! (television programme), a children's programme
• "The Chute", a 1996 episode in the third season of Star Trek: Voyager

Other uses

• Chutes and ladders
• Pilot chute, a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy a main parachute
• Chute (racecourse), a projection extending from either end of an oval-shaped racecourse
• Squeeze chute, a cage for restraining a farm animal
• Chute (in North America), a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals

See also

• Shoot (disambiguation)
• Shute (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Chute
• All pages with titles containing chutes
• All pages with titles containing chute
• Deschutes (disambiguation)