chute

noun
UK /ʃuːt/
US /ʃuːt/

A chute is a long slide or tube that things go down.

The kids sent the balls down the chute into the basket.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A steep narrow passage where water flows down.

The water rushed down the rocky chute.

3. A cloth tube used to drop supplies or people safely from a plane.

The pilot dropped food down a chute to the village.

4. A parachute, the big cloth canopy that slows a fall.

He pulled the cord and the chute opened above him.