| Main Entry: | flume |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chute |
Synonyms: |
channel, conduit, run, sluice, spillway |
| Main Entry: | chasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, abyss |
Synonyms: |
abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn |
Antonyms: |
closure, junction, juncture |
| Main Entry: | conduit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage |
Synonyms: |
aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, lead-in, lead-out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | valley |
Synonyms: |
abyss, arroyo, canyon, chasm, cleft, clough, clove, crevasse, fissure, flume, gap, glen, gulch, pass, ravine |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
| Main Entry: | ravine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap in earth's surface |
Synonyms: |
abyss, arroyo, break, canyon, chasm, clove, coulee, crevasse, crevice, cut, defile, ditch, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, gully, notch, pass, valley, wash |
Antonyms: |
plain |
| Main Entry: | trough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gutter, depression |
Synonyms: |
canal, channel, crib, cup, dike, dip, ditch, duct, flume, furrow, gully, hollow, manger, moat, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | sluice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream |
Synonyms: |
channel, douse, flume, flush, gate, gush, pour, soak, trough, valve, wash |
| Main Entry: | watercourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
Synonyms: |
aqueduct, brook, canal, channel, chute, conduit, creek, culvert, drain, estuary, flume, gullet, gully, gutter, inlet, ravine, river, sluice, spillway, stream, trench, wadi |
| Concept: | [Channel for the passage of water] Conduit. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; fluids in motion |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe (tube); funnel; tunnel (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks.
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