As nouns the difference between flue and chimney
is that
flue is a pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace) while
chimney is a vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydro-carbon based fuels); a flue.
As a verb chimney is
to negotiate a chimney (sense #4) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
flue English
Noun
( en noun)
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 air or other gaseous current along.
A woolly or downy substance; down, nap. Also pl.'' bits of down. ''Obs.
Related terms
* flue gas
* open flue
* balanced flue
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chimney Noun
( en noun)
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydro-carbon based fuels); a flue.
* 1883:
- Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
Derived terms
* chimney pot
* chimney stack
* chimney sweep
* chimney-money
* chimney-duty
Verb
( en verb)
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (sense #4) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
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