flume | Definition of flume

Synonyms and Antonyms of flume

1 a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it

Synonyms of flume

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

Words Related to flume

abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure

combe (also coombe) [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]

2 an open man-made passageway for water

built a flume next to the road for runoff

Synonyms of flume

aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway

Words Related to flume

millrace, millstream

floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway

swash, tideway, torrent

river, rivulet, stream