flume – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
flume
n.
artificial ditch; ravine, gully
Flume
flume
Noun
1. a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
(synonym) gulch
(hypernym) gorge
2. watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
(hypernym) watercourse, waterway
Flume
A natural or man-made channel that diverts water.
flume
Synonyms and related words:
abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, avenue, bed, blowhole, box canyon, breach, break, canal, canyon, cavity, channel, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chute, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, creek bed, crevasse, crevice, culvert, cut, cwm, debouch, defile, dell, dike, ditch, donga, door, draw, dry bed, egress, emunctory, escape, estuary, excavation, exhaust, exit, fault, fissure, flaw, floodgate, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, gullyhole, headrace, hole, incision, irrigation ditch, joint, kloof, leak, loophole, moat, notch, nullah, opening, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pass, passage, pore, port, race, ravine, rent, rift, rime, river bed, riverway, runnel, rupture, sally port, scissure, seam, slit, slot, sluice, spillbox, spillway, spiracle, split, spout, stream bed, streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, tap, trench, valley, vent, ventage, venthole, void, vomitory, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks, way out, weir
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.