Slideway

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any form of track along which things can slide.

    "Lumbering down a precipitous "slideway," the Thornycroft broke two main leaves in the back spring[.]"

  2. 2
    sloping channel through which things can descend wordnet

Synonyms

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chutechuteslidesloping trough

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"Lumbering down a precipitous "slideway," the Thornycroft broke two main leaves in the back spring[.]"

Etymology

From slide + way.

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