noun
Meaning 1
A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
flume
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fluːm/
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rhymes with -uːm
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CMU ARPABET: F L UW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: watercourse, waterway
noun
Meaning 5
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gulch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gorge
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flūmen Old French flumbor. Middle English flum English flume From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuru — ravine or gorge, usually with water
- Galician: corgo — ravine or gorge, usually with water
- Czech: žlab — open channel
- Finnish: kanava — open channel
- Finnish: kouru — open channel
- Finnish: ränni — open channel
- Finnish: uittoränni — open channel
- French: flume — open channel
- Galician: canle — open channel
- Czech: plavit — to transport logs on water
- Czech: splavit — to transport logs on water
Real reading context