Flume
Flume noun - An open man-made passageway for water.
Usage example: built a flume next to the road for runoff
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Raceway
Raceway noun - An open man-made passageway for water.
Usage example: the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway, still trapped under the ice, by the current
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Flume and raceway are semantically related in canal topic. Sometimes you can use "Flume" instead a noun "Raceway".
Nearby Word: race
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Raceway and Flume. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flume/raceway
Flume & Raceway. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flume/raceway>.
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