Flume

Quick meaning: Flume is a noun meaning A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

Meaning

A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
2. 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.

Example Sentences

[...] the flumes are generally not dark rides and they run much faster. Two notable exceptions are the Timber Mountain[…]

Near the upper end of the portage the river falls 100 feet in as many rods, the water going at lightning speed through a natural flume in the rock. So rapid is the descent that the water in the flume is but 3 feet deep. We named this the "Devil's Slide."

Word Forms

• flumes
• fluming
• flumed

Synonyms for flume

Depending on context, synonyms include gulch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gulch, channel, conduit, canal, duct, groove.

Related Dictionary Tools