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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-current part of river |
| Synonyms: | rapine, river, whitewater |
| Main Entry: | chute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ramp, slope |
| Synonyms: | channel, course, fall, gutter, incline, rapid, runway, slide, trough |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
| Main Entry: | waterfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cascade |
| Synonyms: | cataract, chute, fall, rapids, shoot, weir |
| Main Entry: | cataract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterfall |
| Synonyms: | deluge, flood, rapids, torrent |
| Main Entry: | white water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast-flowing water |
| Synonyms: | breakers, lather, rapid, rapids, soapsuds, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, suds, surf, wild water |
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