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Flume Definition And Meaning
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.

Flume Definition And Meaning

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

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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