flue
noun /fluː/
/fluː/
- a pipe or tube that takes smoke, gas or hot air away from a fire, a heater or an oven
- a blocked chimney flue
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlue is used after these nouns:- chimney
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the mouthpiece of a hunting horn): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the late 16th cent.