Flue

Word FLUE
Character 4
Hyphenation flue
Pronunciations /fluː/

Definitions and meanings of "Flue"

What do we mean by flue?

A fishing net. noun

A pipe, tube, or channel for conveying hot air, gas, steam, or smoke, as from a furnace or fireplace to a chimney. noun

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. noun

The lipped opening in such a pipe. noun

A money of account of Morocco, of the value of one twenty-fifth of an English penny, or one thirteenth of a cent. noun

Shallow.

A duct for the conveyance of air, smoke, heat, or gases. noun

A pipe or tube for conveying heat to water in certain kinds of steam-boilers. noun

A passage in a wall for the purpose of conducting heated air from one part of a building to another. noun

See etym. The winding hollow of a sea-shell. noun

In organ-building, a flute-pipe as distinguished from a mouth-pipe or reed-pipe. noun

The coping of a gable or end-wall of a house, etc. noun

To expand or splay, as the jambs of a window.

In whaling, the fluke or barb of a harpoon. noun

Influenza. noun

A fishing-net, stationary or used as a drag-net. noun

Down or nap; waste downy matter, abounding in spinneries, lint-factories, etc.; downy refuse; fine hair, feathers, flocks of cotton, etc., that cling to clothes. noun

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage. noun

A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. noun

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.

A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.

In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Flue

The word "flue" in example sentences

These are three in number -- the back centre-flue, which is closed to the heat and smoke coming over the oven from the fire-box by a damper -- and the two back corner-flues. ❋ Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)

The arrows show its descent through these flues, from which it obliquely strikes and passes over the flue-plate, then under it, and then out through the centre back-flue, which is open at the bottom, up into the smoke-pipe. ❋ Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)

The plant's unit-three scrubber - also known as a flue gas desulfurization unit - will start operating next week.

Not that I think the flue will be a serious matter.

Part of that push is to expand use of synthetic gypsum - a whitish, calcium-rich material known as flue gas desulfurization gypsum, or FGD gypsum. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most common method of drying out tobacco leaves, called flue curing, requires an external heat source. ❋ Unknown (2009)

3Something perhaps to do with the flue, I suggested, since the flue is the only part of the fireplace I can name for you. ❋ Sydney Kilgore (2010)

According to the results of a one-time questionnaire-based statistical survey published by the University of Illinois, with 3146 individuals completing the survey, 97% of the actively publishing climate scientists (as opposed to the scientists who are not publishing actively) agree that human activity, such as flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, is a significant contributing factor to global climate change [1]. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Investments in 2008 had been inflated by spending on extraordinary items, such as flue-gas desulfurization scrubbers at Scottish Power's Longannet coal-fired power plant, Mr. Galán said. ❋ Bernd Radowitz (2009)

Confidence in burley slipped due to poor prices last year forcing many farmers to cut hectarage for the 1995/96 crop as they shifted to lucrative alternatives such as flue-cured tobacco. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Owing to the fact that Major Rae was in hospital at this time with the "flue," Capt. ❋ S. J. Wilson (N/A)

The thatched roof cracked in the middle, right over the staircase, which formed a kind of flue for the fire downstairs; and an immense red jet jumped up into the air, spreading like a stream of water and sprinkling a shower of sparks around the hut. ❋ Guy De Maupassant (1871)

A fire is built in the middle of the cabin, and its shape forms a kind of flue or draft for the smoke — rendering this simple structure quite a comfortable habitation at the most inclement season of the year. ❋ Unknown (1839)

Fireplace 101: there is a metal gate above the fire box that has a mechanical flue which is used to control air flow ...... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Arndt said the fire was hot enough to melt a part of the aluminum boiler flue, meaning it was burning at 1,800 degrees at that location. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That last last kind of flue kills you when a flying pig falls down your chimney on top of you while you're lighting a fire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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