1
: an inclined channel for conveying water (as for power)
2
: a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it
Examples of flume in a Sentence
hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it
built a flume next to the road for runoff
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While the long-popular attraction retains much of its ride infrastructure, including an elevator lift and flume design that allows for a steep, watery descent, Journey to Atlantis does have new elements, beginning with the queue itself.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Visitors can enjoy the Splashdown log flume, the Sky Diver and Free Fall drop towers and the Sea Dragon swinging ship.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Their native dirt pile, which sits atop Mason Mountain, is brought down to the water flume for people of all ages to sift through.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 27 June 2025
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Visitors can enjoy the Splashdown log flume, the Sky Diver and Free Fall drop towers and the Sea Dragon swinging ship.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Their native dirt pile, which sits atop Mason Mountain, is brought down to the water flume for people of all ages to sift through.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 27 June 2025
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flume. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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flume
noun1
: a sloping channel for carrying water (as for power)
2
: a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it
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