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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flue1 /flu/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildinga passage or duct, as for smoke to escape from a chimney.
See -flu-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flue1 (flo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Buildingany duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
- Buildinga tube, esp. a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
- Music and Dance
- See flue pipe.
- Also called windway. a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed.
- earlier flew, perh. representing Old English flēwsa a flowing, the form flews being taken as plural 1555–65
- downy matter;
fluff.
- 1580–90; perh. to be identified with Old English flug- (in flugol swift, fleeting); akin to fly1. Compare Low German flug
- a fishing net.
Also, flew. - 1350–1400; Middle English flowe; compare Middle Dutch vluwe fishing net
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flue /fluː/ n - a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown origin flue′ pipe′, - Music and Dancean organ pipe having a flue.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flue pipe, flue n - an organ pipe or tubular instrument of the flute family whose sound is produced by the passage of air across a sharp-edged fissure in the side. This sets in motion a vibrating air column within the pipe or instrument
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