tue

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US /tjuː/ UK /tjuː/ See IPA manual

noun

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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.

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1 noun · a tuyere, the nozzle... tuyerenozzle blowpipe

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Related forms tuyere

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').

tuyau French

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# 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.

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- General Vocabulary

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