Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flue

3 senses of flue

Sense 1
fluke, flue -- (flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor)
       => projection -- (any structure that branches out from a central support)

Sense 2
flue pipe, flue, labial pipe -- (organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip)
       => organ pipe, pipe, pipework -- (the flues and stops on a pipe organ)

Sense 3
flue -- (a conduit to carry off smoke)
       => conduit -- (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits")

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