About The Word Flume
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Flume
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What's The Definition Of Flume?
[n] watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
[n] a narrow gorge with a stream running through it Synonyms | Synonyms for Flume: gulch Related Terms | Find terms related to Flume: abysm | abyss | aqueduct | arroyo | avenue | bed | blowhole | box canyon | breach | break | canal | canyon | cavity | channel | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chute | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | creek bed | crevasse | crevice | culvert | cut | cwm | debouch | defile | dell | dike | ditch | donga | door | draw | dry bed | egress | emunctory | escape | estuary | excavation | exhaust | exit | fault | fissure | flaw | floodgate | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | gullyhole | headrace | hole | incision | irrigation ditch | joint | kloof | leak | loophole | moat | notch | nullah | opening | out | outcome | outfall | outgate | outgo | outlet | pass | passage | pore | port | race | ravine | rent | rift | rime | river bed | riverway | runnel | rupture | sally port | scissure | seam | slit | slot | sluice | spillbox | spillway | spiracle | split | spout | stream bed | streamway | swash | swash channel | tailrace | tap | trench | valley | vent | ventage | venthole | void | vomitory | wadi | water carrier | water channel | water furrow | water gap | water gate | watercourse | waterway | waterworks | way out | weir See Also | gorge | watercourse | waterway Flume In Webster's Dictionary \Flume\, n. [Cf. OE. flum river, OF, flum, fr. L. flumen,
fr. fluere to flow. [root]84. See {Fluent}.]
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the
water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of
water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for
conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.
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