flume

Inflections of 'flume' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

flume n. [countable]

Geographya deep narrow passage containing a stream or torrent.
Civil Engineeringan artificial channel for conducting water, such as one used to transport logs.
an amusement park ride in which passengers are conveyed through a water-filled chute or over a water slide.

See -flu-.

flume n., v., flumed, flum•ing.
n.

Geographya deep narrow defile containing a mountain stream or torrent.
Civil Engineeringan artificial channel or trough for conducting water, as one used to transport logs or provide water power.
an amusement park ride in which passengers are carried in a boatlike or loglike conveyance through a narrow, water-filled chute or over a water slide.

v.t.

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flume /fluːm/ n

a ravine through which a stream flows
a narrow artificial channel made for providing water for power, floating logs, etc
a slide in the form of a long and winding tube with a stream of water running through it that descends into a purpose-built pool

Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French flum, ultimately from Latin flūmen stream, from fluere to flow

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