'Flume' definitions:
Definition of 'flume'
(from WordNet)
noun
A narrow gorge with a stream running through it [syn: gulch, flume]
noun
Watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
Definition of 'Flume'
From: GCIDE
- Flume \Flume\ (f;[=u]m), 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flume'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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