flume

noun

ˈflüm

Synonyms of flume next

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

: a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it

Example Sentences

hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it built a flume next to the road for runoff

Recent Examples on the Web Splash Mountain, the log flume thrill ride themed around the dated and racist 1946 film, will close next month for a remodel. —

Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023 The flume tank had two nozzles that each pushed a mild plume of water from front to back. —

Danielle L. Dixson, Scientific American, 1 June 2017 Some water rides are also excluded, including lazy rivers and log flume rides. —

John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 3 May 2023 Opened in 1989, the iconic log flume ride is officially closing on May 31 and will be transformed into Tiana's Bayou Adventure inspired by Disney's Princess and the Frog. —

Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023 From family-friendly trains to flume rides, hair-raising roller coasters, parades and stage shows and immersive restaurants, there’s something for every age group. —

Kate Springer, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023 The park announced Wednesday that the attraction will close on May 31, giving park-goers just over a month to get in their last log flume ride. —

Simrin Singh, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023 Eleven rotates, of our tiniest days, the palaces sway and the huge collapse of the furnace, the arcane flume, the water tight doors icumen to the stoop of a sea. —

Verity Spott Anne Boyer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023 An exact model of the Breakwaters project had been built inside a long, narrow flume, at a one-to-twenty scale: each rock and concrete structure was painted a different color, so that observers would be able to easily identify which were unmoored during the simulation, and which held strong. —

Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021 See More

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