Flue is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like fluke or projection. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Flue in a sentence
Related words
Flue meaning
- A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
- A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
Synonyms of Flue
Using Flue
- The main meaning on this page is: A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). | An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along. | A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
- Useful related words include: fluke, projection, flue pipe, labial pipe.
- In the example corpus, flue often appears in combinations such as: flue gases, flue for, and flue.
Context around Flue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flue
- In this selection, "flue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, removable, intensity, extractor, gas, gases and cured stand out and add context to how "flue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a removable flue for ventilation and an extractor flue. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flue" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In coal-fired power plants, flue gases are sometimes purified. (10 words)
Most gypsum sold in Europe comes from flue-gas desulfurization. (10 words)
Normally, the heat from a flue powers an " absorptive chiller ". (10 words)
At first, his death was shrouded by mystery, but Rosie, 22, and Nicole, 29, were soon dealt a second blow when police launched a criminal investigation, after finding a raw potato stuffed into Michael's boiler flue, while searching his home. (41 words)
Beyond this, one of the most likely early applications of carbon capture is the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gases at power stations (in the case of coal, this is known as " clean coal "). (35 words)
In pollution control applications, ultraviolet analyzers are used to detect emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur compounds, mercury and ammonia, for example in the flue gas of fossil fired power plants. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
The design features a built-in pizza stone, storage niche, digital temperature display, airflow control dial, and a removable flue for ventilation when using wood.
This includes work on point source carbon capture applications connected to lower carbon intensity flue streams.
Changes to the building include the replacement of an existing extractor fan and the installation of an extract duct and flue.
The new plans propose a single-storey rear extension to the restaurant and an 'extractor flue'.
If zinc metal production can be achieved, then it would be possible to begin continuous processing of certain zinc flue dusts to produce pure zinc metal.
All power plants in the country will have flue-gas desulfurisation technology to reduce air pollution.
At first, his death was shrouded by mystery, but Rosie, 22, and Nicole, 29, were soon dealt a second blow when police launched a criminal investigation, after finding a raw potato stuffed into Michael's boiler flue, while searching his home.
Check the connections to your chimney or flue for damage or corrosion.
Painted to carefully blend in with all the other tower lampposts, the cast-iron flue is connected to a secret room tucked underneath one of the bridge piers.
Beyond this, one of the most likely early applications of carbon capture is the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gases at power stations (in the case of coal, this is known as " clean coal ").
Each cigarette's tobacco blend is made mainly from the leaves of flue-cured brightleaf, burley tobacco, and oriental tobacco.
In coal-fired power plants, flue gases are sometimes purified.
In pollution control applications, ultraviolet analyzers are used to detect emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur compounds, mercury and ammonia, for example in the flue gas of fossil fired power plants.
Most cigarettes incorporate flue-cured tobacco, which produces a milder, more inhalable smoke.
Most gypsum sold in Europe comes from flue-gas desulfurization.
Normally, the heat from a flue powers an " absorptive chiller ".
Paul Stewart recalled that on the ninth take the Culver City Fire Department arrived in full gear because the furnace had grown so hot the flue caught fire.
Prevention methods Technical solutions Many coal-firing power stations use flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) to remove sulfur-containing gases from their stack gases.
Refrigerators and air conditioners operating from the waste heat of a diesel engine exhaust, heater flue or solar collector are entering use.
Stack effect main The Stack effect or chimney effect is the movement of air into and out of buildings, chimneys, flue gas stacks, or other containers due to buoyancy.
Common combinations with flue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: