flue
noun/fluː/
/fluː/
- a pipe or tube that takes smoke, gas or hot air away from a fire, a heater or an oven
- a blocked chimney flue
Homophones flew | flu | flueflew flu flue/fluː//fluː/- flew verb (past tense of fly)
- The project team flew to Denver to meet the company's board.
- flu noun
- She’s had a nasty dose of flu.
- flue noun
- Make sure that the flue is clean so that smoke doesn't come back into the house.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlue is used after these nouns:- chimney
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.
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