How to pronounce flume
American English pronunciation
FLOOM
- IPA
- /ˈflum/
- Syllables
- FLOOM (1 syllable)
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What flume means
An open, man-made chute for rushing water
In a sentence: We screamed and laughed as our raft splashed down the flume at the water park.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for a river, from the Latin flumen, a river, which grew from a verb meaning to flow.
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Compare: flume and conduit
A conduit is any pipe or channel; a flume is an open, man-made chute for rushing water.
See also: conduit
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