flume

flume

noun \ˈflüm\

Definition of FLUME

1

: an inclined channel for conveying water (as for power)

2

: a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it

Examples of FLUME

1. <hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it>
2. <built a flume next to the road for runoff>

Origin of FLUME

probably from Middle English flum river, from Anglo-French, from Latin flumen, from fluere — more at fluid

First Known Use: 1748

Related to FLUME

Synonyms

col, couloir, defile, canyon, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, saddle

Related Words

abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure; combe (also coombe or coomb) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley; basin, floodplain, kettle; arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]

Rhymes with FLUME

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom