flue
nounUK /fluː/
US /fluː/
A pipe or tube that carries smoke and gas out of a building.
Smoke from the fireplace rose up the flue and out of the chimney.
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2. A tube inside a boiler or furnace that carries heat and gases.
The boiler's flue needs to be cleaned every year.
3. A fishing net shaped like a funnel.
The fishermen hauled in the flue full of herring.
4. The fluffy down or soft hair, as on a rabbit.
The rabbit's flue was soft to the touch.