Definition of flumes Flumes
/fluˈmz/ - [flumz] -
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What does flumes mean?
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- flumes (Noun)
Plural of flume.
Part of speech
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| flume - watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs | ||
| flume - a narrow gorge with a stream running through it | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flume (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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flume
flōōm, n. an artificial channel for water to be applied to some industrial purpose: (U.S.) a narrow defile with upright walls, the bottom occupied by a torrent.—Be, or Go, up the flume, to come to grief, to be done for. [O. Fr. flum—L. flumen, a river—fluĕre, to flow.]
