flue

: 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.

: a keyed woodwind instrument consisting of a cylindrical tube which is stopped at one end and which has a side hole over which air is blown to produce the tone and having a range from middle C upward for three octaves.

Etymology 1 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.

noun. a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney. any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like.

There are six main flue types, and each can be determined by simply looking at your roof.

• Brick Chimney. The Classic brick built chimney is suitable for all gas fires and stoves in this website.
• Pre-Fabricated. Pre-fabricated flues are suitable for most gas fires and gas stoves.
• Pre-Cast.
• Balanced Flue.
• Flueless.

Smoke or gas can flow freely through the flue, which allows the appliance to work properly and vents any nasty exhaust away from people. Experts disagree about the origin of this word, but many trace it back to a Germanic root meaning "to flow."

A flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. You play it by blowing over a hole near one end while holding it sideways to your mouth.

flute, Woodwind instrument in which the sound is produced by blowing against a sharp edge. In its broad sense, a flute may be end-blown, like the recorder, or may have a globular shape, like the ocarina. In its narrow sense, discussed below, flute refers to the transverse flute of Western music.

a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder. an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone.

Flew is the simple past form of the verb fly, which means to move through the air, to travel by aircraft, or to move quickly or suddenly. The noun flu (a shortened form of influenza) refers to a contagious viral infection. The noun flue refers to a duct or channel in a chimney or in any enclosed passageway.

When smoke flows out of a chimney, it moves through a narrow opening called a flue. Before you light a fire in the fireplace, make sure the flue is open! Don't mistake flue for its homonym, flu - rather than an illness, a flue is a duct or pipe that's connected to a stove, heater, furnace, or fireplace.

There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C, and D. Influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease in people (known as flu season) almost every winter in the United States. Influenza A viruses are the only influenza viruses known to cause flu pandemics (i.e., global epidemics of flu disease).