flue1 (fluː) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc |
| 2. | music See also flue pipe the passage in an organ pipe or flute within which a vibrating air column is set up |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
| flue pipe or flue | |
| —n | |
| an organ pipe or tubular instrument of the flute family whose sound is produced by the passage of air across a sharp-edged fissure in the side. This sets in motion a vibrating air column within the pipe or instrument | |
| flue or flue | |
| —n | |