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shute

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: SH UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2597).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A hamlet in Shobrooke parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS8900).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of chute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of shoot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A steep road through a cleft in a hill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Southern-England, especially

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7

noun

Meaning 7

English writer who settled in Norway after World War II (1899-1960)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writer, author

History

Etymology

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