flume
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9.5
- noun
- /fluːm/
:
garganta
- For five days, we threaded our way through many reefs, and once through a flume made by the steep mountains of the coast and a small mountain that was a half-drowned volcano with many reefs to seaward.
Examples
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Falls of Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch State Park above
Academic text (1998) -
He reaches a flume of polished basalt that cuts across the ledge like a slide in a water park—except this flume ends high above the waves.
Fiction book (2000) -
I have to remind myself of the time years ago when I slipped into a flume, which I wrote about here.
Blog text (16) -
Those reefs were so extensive that we chose to try the flume.
Fiction book (1991) -
The rock bounced back and threw up a flume of sand where it landed.
Fiction book (2000) -
He passes the flume without even noticing.
Fiction book (2000) -
From a high wall of stone rushed two flumes of water, and Birnbaum turned in his seat to see more, though no one else in the car seemed to pay any mind.
Fiction book (1997) -
When I was 17 and hiking along the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, I slipped on wet granite and slid down a slippery rock slope into a flume that poured over the edge only ten feet away.
Blog text (16) -
The hiker carefully walked along the narrow path beside the flume, watching the water rush through the gorge.
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We found a beautiful flume in the national park, where the stream flowed rapidly between steep rock walls.
Synonyms
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5.8
A deep narrow valley with steep sides made by a river
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5.3
A deep narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a river
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9.5
A narrow valley with steep sides and a small stream
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7.9
A shallow valley or gully where water may flow
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4.4
A long narrow groove made by water or tools
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9.6
A narrow passage between mountains that is often steep
A steep narrow valley or gully that leads down to the sea
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Etymology
Flume comes from the Latin flumen, which means 'river'. Think of a small river pushed into a tight space between rocks, so a flume is a narrow gorge where water rushes through.