flue

Meaning

Noun

1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
4. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Adj

Alternative form of flew (“shallow, flat”).

Synonyms

chimney

funnel

fluke

flue pipe

smokestack

stack

fluff

fishing net

smoke flue

labial pipe

stovepipe

pipe

register

spout

vent

fume hood

runny nose

drag-net

air flue

chimney flue

chimney neck

flame tube

flue-pipe

gas duct

flue-net

gas flue

heating duct

internal furnace

smoke channel

waste heat flue

smoke canal

funnel flue

breeching

stack flue

cold

🥶

down

duct

flame exhaust

flame trench

flew

net

organ pipe

passage

patty

Translations

Abzug

canna fumaria

μπουρί

carneau

schoorsteen

baca

trasmallo

condotto

αγωγός θερμού αέρα

Rauchzug

lanugine

Abzugsschacht

Fangnetz -es

-e

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fluː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flue

Cognate with English: flute

Cognate with Middle Dutch: vloegh

In summary

From 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”).