flumes
Definitions
Artificial channels or chutes for conveying water, often used for power generation or transporting logs.
Deep, narrow ravines or gorges with a stream running through them.
Third-person singular present of the verb 'flume', meaning to transport or move something through a flume.
Examples
The water park features several high-speed flumes that wind through the entire facility.
Industrial flumes were used to transport logs down the mountain to the sawmill.
Engineers designed the concrete flumes to manage excess rainwater and prevent local flooding.
Synonyms
Antonyms
dams barriers blockages obstructions reservoirs stagnations impediments