tue C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /tjuː/ UK /tjuː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a tuyere, the nozzle through which air is forced into a furnace The smith cleared the clinker from the tue to restore the draft. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a tuyere, the nozzle... tuyerenozzleblowpipe Word family Related forms tuyere Etymology AI details A variant of tuyere, from French tuyere ('nozzle'), from tuyau ('pipe, tube'), from Old French tuel, of Germanic origin (related to Frankish *thuta 'tube, conduit'). tuyau French View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tue **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tjuː/ **IPA (UK):** /tjuː/ ## Meanings 1. a tuyere, the nozzle through which air is forced into a furnace ## Examples - The smith cleared the clinker from the tue to restore the draft. ## Synonyms - tuyere - nozzle - blowpipe ## Related Forms - tuyere ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tuyau ## Etymology A variant of tuyere, from French tuyere ('nozzle'), from tuyau ('pipe, tube'), from Old French tuel, of Germanic origin (related to Frankish *thuta 'tube, conduit'). ## AI Etymology Tue is a variant of tuyere, from French tuyere ('nozzle'), from tuyau ('pipe, tube'), from Old French tuel, of Germanic origin (related to Frankish *thuta 'tube, conduit'). Important recorded forms include tuyau (French). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a tuyere, the nozzle through which air is forced into a furnace. The wider family includes related words such as tuyere. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown