flue

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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
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
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
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
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

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“Flue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flue. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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