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Chute may refer to:
- Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided
- Chute (landform), a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly
- Mail chute, a letter collection device
- Escape chute, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical
- Chute (in North America), a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals
- Squeeze chute, a cage for restraining a farm animal
- Chute (racecourse), a projection extending from either end of an oval-shaped racecourse
- Parachute, a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag
- Pilot chute, a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy a main parachute
People
- Chaloner Chute (died 1659), Speaker of the House of Commons
- Christopher G. Chute, American biomedical informatics researcher
- Marchette Chute, American biographer
- Philip Chute, MP
Places
- Chute, Wiltshire, a parish in England, United Kingdom
- Chute River, a short river in Maine, United States
Television
- Chute! (television programme), a children's programme
- "The Chute", a 1996 episode in the third season of Star Trek: Voyager
See also
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