flue
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustionA pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
» A squirrel was trapped in the flue above the fireplace.
Im Kaminschacht war ein Eichhörnchen gefangen.
В дымоходе над камином застряла белка.
Meaning
4 sensesA pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
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An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
Examples
2 sentencesA squirrel was trapped in the flue above the fireplace.
ruВ дымоходе над камином застряла белка. — marafon
deIm Kaminschacht war ein Eichhörnchen gefangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Matthew picked up a flue in Casablanca.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English flue, flewe (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), of uncertain origin. PerFrom Middle English flue, flewe (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a back-formation from Middle English *flews (mistaken as a plural), from Old English flēwsa (“a flow, flowing, flux”). Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of Middle English floute, fleute, flote (“a pipe”), see English flute. Compare also Middle Dutch vloegh (“groove, channel, flute of a fluted column”).
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Forms
plural: fluesSynonyms
3 synonyms- organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip:flue pipelabial pipe
- flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor:fluke
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable