Flume meaning

flo͝om
To send (logs, water, etc.) down or through a flume.
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A narrow gorge, usually with a stream flowing through it.
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An open artificial channel or chute carrying a stream of water, as for furnishing power or conveying logs.
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A very small swimming pool designed with a propeller or pump to generate a current, allowing a swimmer to swim in place.
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An artificial channel, usually an inclined chute or trough, for carrying water to furnish power, transport logs down a mountainside, etc.
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A narrow gorge or ravine with a stream running through it.
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A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
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An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.
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Origin of flume

Middle English flum river from Old French from Latin flūmen from fluere to flow bhleu- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • The " flume " enabled him to dry the bed of a stream while he worked over its gravels.

  • First the " rocker," then the " torn," the " flume," and the hydraulic stream were the tools of the miner.

  • Separating Franconia and Pemigewasset ranges is the romantic Franconia Notch, overlooking which from the upper cliffs of Profile Mountain is a remarkable human profile, The Great Stone Face, immortalized by Nathaniel Hawthorne; here, too, is the Franconia Flume, a narrow upright fissure, 60 ft.

  • Congo Falls: This flume ride may seem small at only 34 feet tall, but the massive tidal wave it unleashes is sure to drench everyone aboard as well as unwary onlookers on the crossover bridge.

  • The Princess pressed a button that turned on the pool area including the water flume.

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