Definitions for flueflu
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
flueflu(n.)
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
Category: Building Trades
any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.
Category: Building Trades, Music and Dance
a tube, esp. a large one, in a fire-tube boiler.
Category: Building Trades
a narrow slit in the upper end of an organ pipe through which the air current is directed.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of flue:
1555–65; earlier flew, perh. repr. OE flēwsa a flowing, the form flews being taken as pl.
Princeton's WordNet
fluke, flue(noun)
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
flue pipe, flue, labial pipe(noun)
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
flue(noun)
a conduit to carry off smoke
Wiktionary
flue(Noun)
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
flue(Noun)
An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
Webster Dictionary
Flue(noun)
an inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage
Flue(noun)
a compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air
Flue(noun)
a passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another
Flue(noun)
a pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes
Flue(noun)
light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
FLUE
An escape for hot air. FLUENCY The art of releasing the same.
Translations for flue
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
fly(noun)
a type of small winged insect.
- vliegAfrikaans

- ذُبابَهArabic

- мухаBulgarian

- moscaPortuguese (BR)

- mouchaCzech

- die FliegeGerman

- flueDanish

- moscaSpanish

- kärbesEstonian

- مگسFarsi

- kärpänenFinnish

- moucheFrench

- זְבוּבHebrew

- उड़नाHindi

- muhaCroatian

- légyHungarian

- lalatIndonesian

- flugaIcelandic

- moscaItalian

- ハエJapanese

- 파리Korean

- musëLithuanian

- mušaLatvian

- lalatMalay

- vliegDutch

- flueNorwegian

- muchaPolish

- مگسPersian

- مچPashto

- moscaPortuguese

- мухаRussian

- muchaSlovak

- muhaSlovenian

- muvaSerbian

- flugaSwedish

- แมลงวันThai

- sinekTurkish

- 蒼蠅Chinese (Trad.)

- мухаUkrainian

- ایک قسم کا چھوٹے پروں والا حشرہUrdu

- con ruồiVietnamese

- 苍蝇Chinese (Simp.)

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