noun a narrow gorge with a stream running through it.noun An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.noun 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.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun An inclined trough in which water runs, used in transporting logs or timbers.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.In gold-mining, to carry off in a flume, as the water of a stream, in order to lay bare the auriferous sand and gravel forming the bed.To build a flume or artificial channel and its supporting construction.To conduct a channel or canal, by a flume, along an artificial temporary construction in situations where an earth or masonry channel cannot readily be secured by excavation and embankment.In lumbering, to transport, as logs or timbers, by a flume.noun An artificial channel for a stream of water to be applied to some industrial use.noun In physical geography, in the United States, especially in New England, a narrow defile with nearly vertical walls, the bottom of which is usually occupied by a mountain torrent.noun A very small swimming pool designed with a propeller or pump to generate a current, allowing a swimmer to swim in place.noun An open artificial channel or chute carrying a stream of water, as for furnishing power or conveying logs.noun A narrow gorge, usually with a stream flowing through it.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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