Crossword-Solution: FLUE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Flue | n. | An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage |
| Flue | n. | A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. |
| Flue | n. | A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. |
| Flue | n. | A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. |
| Flue | n. | Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FLUE | anagram | FUEL |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
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greedy person
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Sentences with FLUE (5)
Cried the fierce Kabibonokka, “Who is this that dares to brave me? Dares to stay in my dominions, When the Wawa has departed, When the wild-goose has gone southward, And the heron, the Shuh-shuh-gah, Long ago departed southward? I will go into his wigwam, I will put his smouldering fire out!” And at night Kabibonokka, To the lodge came wild and wailing, Heaped the snow in drifts about it, Shouted down into the smoke-flue, Shook the lodge-poles in his fury, Flapped the curtain of the door-way.
Perchance, amid their proper element of smoke, which eddied forth from the ill-constructed chimney, the ghosts of departed cook-maids looked wonderingly on, or peeped down the great breadth of the flue, despising the simplicity of the projected meal, yet ineffectually pining to thrust their shadowy hands into each inchoate dish.
Rang the roof with boyish laughter While the flames o'er-topped the flue; Happy days remembered after -- Far away from Bukaroo.
Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and tubular boilers.
The Captain I had met before—on the occasion of the smoky chimney, which he had cured by some simple alteration in the flue.
Quotes with FLUE (3)
Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart. It is like a bird that has blundered down the flue and is caught indoors and flutters at the windowpanes. It is like standing a long time on a cold day, knocking at a shut door.
Mary.” Turning at the soft sound of her name, she glanced behind herself. Then frowned. “Lassiter?” “I’m over here.” “Where?” She looked all around. “Why is your voice echoing?” “Chimney.” “What?” “I’m stuck in the fucking chimney.” She raced over to the fireplace and got on her hands and knees. Looking up into the dark flue, she shook her head. “Lass? What the hell are you doing up there?” His voice emanated from somewhere above her. “Don’t tell anyone, okay?” “What are you …
I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 171 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).