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flue
1[floo]
noun
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
a tube, especially a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
Music.
Also called windway.a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed.
flue
2[floo]
noun
downy matter; fluff.
flue
3[floo]
noun
a fishing net.
flue
1/ ڱː /
noun
a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc
music the passage in an organ pipe or flute within which a vibrating air column is set up See also flue pipe
flue
2/ ڱː /
noun
loose fluffy matter; down
flue
3/ ڱː /
noun
a type of fishing net
Other Word Forms
- flued adjective
Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
However, sounds from things like flue organ pipes or flutes, which are propagated through air, would be pitched higher than Earth.
Both stoves are connected to a small flue - a pipe within a chimney that allows smoke to escape - that leads up through the chapel roof to the outside.
Oregon State University scientists have found a way to more than double the uptake ability of a chemical structure that can be used for scrubbing carbon dioxide from factory flues.
While renewable energy sources are already reducing the need for CO2-emitting, fossil fuel-burning power plants, industrial plants that make intense use of fossil fuels are harder to make sustainable, so flue gas capture is essential.
The home’s boiler was serviced in July this year, a flue was replaced, and it passed checks, the BBC understands.
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