slideway

Other forms: slideways

Definitions of slideway
  1. noun
    sloping channel through which things can descend
    synonyms: chute, slide, sloping trough
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    types:
    coal chute
    a chute for coal
    runway
    a chute down which logs can slide
    water chute
    chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool
    type of:
    gutter, trough
    a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
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