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What is a flue?

What is a flue? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
  3. (obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
  4. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
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Once ignited, the updraft of air within the flue will feed this chimney fire, causing it to grow rapidly and producing very high temperatures.
The post incineration process includes six cleansing operations to remove pollutants from the flue gasses.
He inserted a probe into the flue pipe and said the meter went off the scale.
The grate or fire basket holds the flames and can be fitted with a gas burner, while the flue or chimney extracts the smoke.
This supply of fresh air is also important to help carry pollutants up the chimney, stovepipe, or flue to the outside.
The variety, character, and pungency of tone in the flue work, is as admirable as their reeds and swell organs are poor and defective.

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