Plumb

What do we mean by plumb?

A weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth. noun

A weight on the end of a line, used especially by masons and carpenters to establish a true vertical. noun

In a vertical or perpendicular line. adverb

Directly; squarely. adverb

Utterly; completely. adverb

Exactly vertical. synonym: vertical. adjective

Utter; absolute; sheer. adjective

To determine the depth of with a plumb; sound. intransitive verb

To test the verticality or alignment of with a plumb. intransitive verb

To straighten or make perpendicular. intransitive verb

To examine closely or deeply; probe. intransitive verb

To seal with lead. intransitive verb

To work as a plumber. intransitive verb

(off/out of) Not vertical. idiom

True according to a plumb-line; vertical.

Of persons, upright in character or conduct; thoroughgoing.

An obsolete spelling of plum.

A mass of lead attached to a line, used to test the perpendicularity of walls, etc.; a plummet. noun

The position of a plumb or plummet when freely suspended; the vertical or perpendicular. noun

In a vertical direction; in a line perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; straight down.

A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

The perpendicular direction or position.

Words that are spelled similarly to plumb:
plumb, plum, plume, plump, plums, lumb, plomb, plumy, pluma, klumb, plumm, pumb.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word plumb:
geoid, bobs, lumps, ellipsoid, depths, plum, jars, brady, perpendicular, bunch, curb, barber, equestrian, dodge, vertical, ella, bob, gravity, angles, crazy, crane, hung, syracuse, tools, matt, farmer, susan, instrument, performer, rider, coat, jan, horizontal, ralph, kansas, clay, grove, stem, brooklyn, martin, plan, nbc, connecticut, beach, boss, fred, line, hull, pro, suspended, cooper, lane, strip, driver, lines, coal.

Words that rhyme with plumb:
become, come, from, overcome, gum, income, plum, sum, some, cum, thumb, drum, succumb, outcome, bum, dumb, alum, hum, them, scrum, numb, mum, rum, scum, thrum, scrim, crumb, slum, glum, um, chum, strum, humdrum, lum, exum, maam, dum, yum, stum, rule of thumb, clum, dumm, gmbh, swum, rhumb, humm, umm, frum, abstain from, blue gum, crum, grum, shrum, refrain from, lumb, net income, disposable income, snare drum, mumm, how come, brum, keep from, stumm, spirit gum, green thumb, chewing gum, pond scum, shy away from, brake drum, tom thumb, bubble gum, red gum, desist from, shum, steel drum, bass drum, bay rum, side drum, goodrum, thum, allegheny plum, shrink from, unearned income, damson plum, black gum, japanese plum, sweet gum, cherry plum, escape from, hog plum, tidy sum, bongo drum, keep mum, per capita income, brumm, date plum, beach plum, jamaica rum, stay away from, alleghany plum.

Adjectives that are often used to describe plumb:
right, jest, true, vertical, small, worth, wild, optical, dead, little, late, bottom, large, perfect, easy, british, blue, ripe, deepest, young, clean, leaden, mule, shot, topmast, absolute, rid, historian, hang, lead, purple, latter, wet, flat, false, out, hog, green, english.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective plumb:
line, bob, lines, bobs, cut, rule, point, pudding, fool, cuts, level, position, center, string, cake, right, centre, walls, trees, stem, wall, dark, puddings, loco, weight, posts, foolishness, mark, nuts, tree, square, beat, wires, bow, down, dead, porridge, idiot, bond, nutty, shame, wicket, depths, mean, vertical, lonesome, pink, edge, wire, blind, sure, bobbing, sides, stranger, natural, hell, sore, deflections, alignment, homesick, bevel, corners, fig, dry, pudden, shore, loony, greenhorn, locoed, noon, black, middle, bereft, attachment, fat, providential, waste, joints, lord, flat.

Consonant match to plumb:
plum, plume, plam, plomb.

Words that sound like plumb:
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