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Definition of 'flume'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flume
a deep narrow defile containing a mountain stream or torrent.

2. flume
an artificial channel or trough for conducting water.

3. flume
an amusement park ride in which passengers are conveyed through a water-filled chute or over a water slide.

Etymology: (1125–75; ME flum < OF < L flūmen stream)

Definition of 'flume'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gulch, flume
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it

2. (noun) flume
watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

Definition of 'flume'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) flume
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

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