: an enclosed passageway for directing a current: such as
a
: a channel in a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air
b
: a pipe for conveying flame and hot gases around or through water in a steam boiler
c
: an air channel leading to the lip of a wind instrument
d
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Worn or poorly adjusted and maintained combustion devices (e.g., boilers, furnaces) can be significant sources, or if the flue is improperly sized, blocked, disconnected, or is leaking.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024
Catch up quick: Capturing the carbon from the flues of plants, like gas, coal and ethanol, and storing it underground (called CCS) has long been technically but not economically feasible, and in development.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The dog owner told GMA her apartment's leak was caused by a bird's nest sitting in the flue of her building's gas water heater.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
The base layer of insulating straw was topped by turves — soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants — and finished with clay, which near the apex of the roof may have formed a chimney or flue.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024
Catch up quick: Capturing the carbon from the flues of plants, like gas, coal and ethanol, and storing it underground (called CCS) has long been technically but not economically feasible, and in development.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The dog owner told GMA her apartment's leak was caused by a bird's nest sitting in the flue of her building's gas water heater.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
The base layer of insulating straw was topped by turves — soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants — and finished with clay, which near the apex of the roof may have formed a chimney or flue.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Flue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flue. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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flue
noun
: an enclosed passageway for directing a current
especially
: a channel in a chimney for carrying flame and smoke to the outer air
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