plumb

Meaning of plumb

noun
  1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
  2. A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
  3. The perpendicular direction or position.
verb
  1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
  2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
  3. To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
  4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
  5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
  6. To seal something with lead.
  7. To work as a plumber.
  8. To fall or sink like a plummet.
  9. To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
  10. To position vertically above or below.
adjective
  1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
  2. Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
adverb
  1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
  2. Squarely, directly; completely.
    It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
noun
  1. The fruit and its tree.
  2. Extended senses.

Information about plumb

  • The plural form of plumb is: plumbs.
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Hyphenation of plumb

plumb

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • plumb is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

plumb synonyms

Meaning plumb bob:

plummet

Meaning clean:

clean, plum

Meaning plum:

plum

Meaning :

perpendicular, ume

Words that rhyme with plumb

lumb, overplumb, replumb, unplumb

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