flume
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8.2
- noun
- /fluːm/
- Specialized
:
canal
- The log flume carried the water swiftly down the mountainside to the mill.
Examples
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We were both soaked from the flume ride.
Fiction book (1995) -
As we drive across the hot, forbidding land, we see concrete flumes from time to time.
Academic text (1993) -
Remember the old drainage flume near the edge of the swamp?
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Who dreamed up the log flume?
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The only adequate method for proper irrigation was a flume system that was never constructed.
Academic text (2000) -
The waves generated by this 342-foot flume on the campus of Oregon State University can be used to study how best to harness ocean power.
Academic text (2006) -
They've got log flumes, roller coasters, and a chairlift that actually works.
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Throughout this 344-acre site, there are rides and displays geared to the US theme: a paddle steamer on an artificial lake, a Santa Fe railway, and a Rocky Mountain log flume.
Academic text (1990) -
Two miles before the plant, the flume empties into man-made Stehr Lake and then into a large pipe that plummets downhill at a forty-five degree angle to build up to 650 pounds of pressure.
Academic text (1993) -
The workers built a long flume to transport logs from the forest to the river.
Synonyms
57
3.8
A deep narrow waterway that ships can use
1
9.9
A ditch dug around a building and often filled with water to stop attackers
A stream of water that turns a mill's wheel to give power
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Etymology
Flume comes from the Latin flumen 'river' and shares the same root as fluid, which means 'flow'. That's why a flume can also mean a man-made open channel or chute built to make water flow to move logs or power a mill.