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shute

shute noun: a steep road through a cleft in a hill. Also the alternative form of chute.

Noun

shute (plural shutes)

  1. (Southern-England, especially) A steep road through a cleft in a hill.

Proper noun capitalized: Shute

Shute (countable and uncountable, plural Shutes)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2597).
  3. A hamlet in Shobrooke parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS8900).

Also used as

shute is also the alternative form of chute.

shute is also the alternative form of shoot.

Forms of shute

Noun
pluralshutes
Proper noun
pluralShutes

Words formed from shute

Questions about shute

What does shute mean?
Shute means a steep road through a cleft in a hill.
What part of speech is shute?
Shute can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shute?
The plural of shute is shutes.

Words near shute in the dictionary

  1. shut-off
  2. shut-offs
  3. shut-up
  4. shutdown
  5. shutdowns
  6. shute
  7. shutes
  8. Shutesbury
  9. shuteye
  10. shutin
  11. shutins

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