How to use flue in a sentence
11 example sentences · noun
Flue means a pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). Example: “Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues.”
Examples of flue by meaning
nounA pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues.1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341
More sentences with flue
- If you burn wood on its own, the flue gases are cooler than from a coal fire.2015 April 7, Jeff Howell, “The secret of longer lasting tiles [print version: How to avoid cracking up, 4 April 2015, p. P7]”, in The…. From the entry breast
- We have so far concentrated on creosote fires as a source of elevated flue gas temperatures.1987 September, Citizens’ Committee for Fire Protection, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, Alternative Heater Fires: A…. From the entry overfire
- Sometimes nicknamed “flue whale” (a combination of the words “fin” and “blue”), these hybrids can present traits of both parent species.2024 April 11, Odélie Brouillette, “Unravelling the Mysteries of Hybridization in Blue Whales”, in Whales Online, archived from the…. From the entry flue whale
- Or could it be a hybrid of two species – perhaps it’s a flue whale, the offspring of a blue and fin whale?2026 February 3, Melissa Hobson, “The US Navy detected a strange sound in the ocean. These scientists think it could be coming from the…. From the entry flue whale
- This can result in tars condensing out within the parging and brickwork of the flue, sometimes causing brown or yellow staining on upstairs chimney breasts.2015 April 7, Jeff Howell, “The secret of longer lasting tiles [print version: How to avoid cracking up, 4 April 2015, p. P7]”, in The…. From the entry breast
- A new method of voicing flue pipes has recently been introduced by which a greater volume of tone is obtained without increasing the wind pressure.1913, William Horatio Clarke, “Double Languids”, in Standard Organ Building, Boston, Mass.: Richard G. Badger, the Gorham Press, →OCLC…. From the entry languid
- A chimney runs from the base of the first flue liner to the top of the last flue liner, or to any rain cap above it.1986, Jack Payne Jones, Handbook of Construction Contracting: Plans, specs, building, Craftsman Book Company, →ISBN, page 373. From the entry wythe
- Most theater organs use many sets (ranks) of reed and flue pipes of various shapes, pipe scales, and so forth to generate a variety of timbres.1980, Harvey E[lliott] White, Donald H. White, “Wind Instruments”, in Physics and Music: The Science of Musical Sound, Philadelphia, Pa.…. From the entry pipe
- The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter.1904 August 15, James C. Bennett, “Lead Smelting and Refining with Some Notes on Lead Mining”, in Walter Renton Ingalls, editor, The…. From the entry brick
- This may be taken, either on a soft small flue stop on the great coupled to swell to oboe, or on the swell to oboe as suggested in the arrangement.1922, Herbert F. Ellingford, The Art Of Transcribing For The Organ, THE H. W. GRAY COMPANY, page 73. From the entry flue stop
Meaning of flue
- noun A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- noun An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
- noun A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
Questions about flue in a sentence
- How do you use flue in a sentence?
- Flue is used as a noun. For example: “Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues.”
- What is a short sentence with flue?
- “We have so far concentrated on creosote fires as a source of elevated flue gas temperatures.”
- What does flue mean?
- Flue means a pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
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