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kouru — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chute noun A sloped or vertical channel used to slide or drop objects from a higher point to a lower one.
  • flume noun A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  • gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
  • trough noun A long, open container used to hold food or water for animals.
  • wash verb To clean something using water, usually with soap.

Senses

kouru is used for these senses in English:

  • chute A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  • flume An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
  • gutter A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
  • gutter (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
  • gutter Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
  • mill race A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.
  • trough (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
  • wash (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.

chute — full definition

  1. noun A sloped or vertical channel used to slide or drop objects from a higher point to a lower one.
  2. noun A narrow passage used to funnel or confine animals, such as livestock.
  3. noun Informal shortening of "parachute".

flume — full definition

  1. noun A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  2. noun An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.

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