plum
Meaning of plum
noun
- an oval fleshy fruit which is purple, reddish, or yellow when ripe and contains a flattish pointed stone.
- the deciduous tree which bears plums.
- a reddish-purple colour.
a pure silk shirt in shades of cream and soft plum
rosy pinks, rich coppers, and deep plums are the big fashion news
a plum blazer
- a thing, typically a job, considered to be highly desirable.
he landed a plum assistant producer's job
- variant spelling of plumb1.
the helicopter crashed plum on the cabins
Old English plūme, from medieval Latin pruna, from Latin prunum (see prune1).
Information about plum
- The plural form of plum is: plums.
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Hyphenation of plum
plum
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- plum is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
plum synonyms
Meaning plumb:
Meaning clean:
Meaning extremely good; outstanding:
Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:
Meaning causing great wonder; extraordinary:
Meaning an act of choosing between two or more possibilities:
Meaning that which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable:
Meaning a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or in recognition of an outstanding achievement:
Meaning an important or distinguished person:
Meaning of great size, amount, or intensity:
Meaning (of a job or situation) undemanding, easy, or secure:
Meaning resembling a plum:
Translation of plum
- French: prunier, prune
- Spanish: ciruelo, ciruela
- Italian: susino, susina, prugna
- Portuguese: ameixoeira, ameixeira, ameixa
- German: Pflaume
Anagrams of plum
Words that rhyme with plum
peplum, replum, triplum, exemplum, simplum, templum, cocoplum, sugarplum
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