flue

noun

Definition of fluenext
as in chimney

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Recent Examples of flue This debris can block the flue and pose a fire risk. — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025 Wood-burning fireplaces create significantly more creosote, which can build up in the flue, than gas fireplaces. — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025 Firs, pines, and spruces have a high sap content that can damage your chimney flue and produce a lot of creosote on your chimney walls. — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024 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. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for flue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flue
  1. chimney
  2. smokestack
  3. duct
  4. pipe
Noun
  • Remove any limbs which overhang the roof or chimney.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Rubble and lonely chimneys littered the shore where beachfront homes once stood.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of chimney
Noun
  • In 2016, after IRIS assessed the toxicity of chloroprene, one of the chemicals coming out of the plant’s smokestacks, the people of St. John discovered the main source of their problems.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 Mar. 2025
  • One house had been completely buried in snow, with just the smokestack protruding, and the family inside had to be dug out with heavy equipment.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of smokestack
Noun
  • They shouldn’t be worn for prolonged periods, though, because the compression can lead to clogged milk ducts.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Rather than huge fans on the set with a massive amount of electronic noise, those fans are outside the stage and they’re tubed in through on plastic flexible ducts.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of duct
Noun
  • Last year everything apart from the pipes and wiring was redone in a major refurbishment.
    — Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Suddenly, violent winds roared, debris whizzed through the air and pipes burst as the tornado tore into their home.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of pipe

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