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flue

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flue 1  (fl)
n.
1. A pipe, tube, or channel for conveying hot air, gas, steam, or smoke, as from a furnace or fireplace to a chimney.
2. Music
a. An organ pipe sounded by means of a current of air striking a lip in the side of the pipe and causing the air within to vibrate. Also called labial.
b. The lipped opening in such a pipe.

[Origin unknown.]

flue 2  (fl)
n.
A fishing net.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch vlwe; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

flue1
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc.
2. (Music / Instruments) Music the passage in an organ pipe or flute within which a vibrating air column is set up See also flue pipe
[of unknown origin]

flue2
n
loose fluffy matter; down
[from Flemish vluwe, from Old French velu shaggy]

flue3, flew [fluː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Fishing) a type of fishing net
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch vlūwe]

flue4
n
another word for fluke1 [1] [3]
flued  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flue - flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
anchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
2.flueflue - organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
organ pipe, pipework, pipe - the flues and stops on a pipe organ
3.flue - a conduit to carry off smoke
chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
chimneystack - the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues
conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"
lamp chimney, chimney - a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

flue
noun chimney, channel, passage, shaft, vent, conduit, duct cooking smells are vented through the flue
Translations
flue [fluː] Nhumero m
flue [ˈfluː ˈfluː] n [chimney] → conduit m
flue
nRauchfang m, → Rauchabzug m; (Mus: of organ, = pipe) → Labialpfeife f; (= opening)Kernspalt m; flue brushStoßbesen m
flue [fluː] ncanna fumaria
flue [fluː] ncanna fumaria


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Thus the whole house might be said to have dissolved in smoke, and flown up among the clouds, through the great black flue of the kitchen chimney.
Dirty finger-prints were on the hall-windows, flue and rubbish on its unwashed boards.
Perchance, amid their proper element of smoke, which eddied forth from the ill-constructed chimney, the ghosts of departed cook-maids looked wonderingly on, or peeped down the great breadth of the flue, despising the simplicity of the projected meal, yet ineffectually pining to thrust their shadowy hands into each inchoate dish.
 
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