Plumb

Definition: Plumb

Plumb

Adjective

1. Exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb.

Adverb

1. (slang) completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out".

2. Conforming to the direction of a plumb line.

3. (informal) exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle".

Noun

1. The metal bob of a plumb line.

Verb

1. Measure the depth of something.

2. Weight with lead.

3. Examine thoroughly and in great depth.

4. Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "plumb" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

19th Century Satire

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Plumb

Closure

(hinder); bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the door, shut the door.

Depth

Plunge; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings; dig; (excavate).

Measurement

Span, pace step; apply the compass; Noun: gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the log, heave the lead; survey.

Verticality

Elevation, erection; square, plumb line, plummet.

Adjective: vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright; rampant; standing up; Verb: rectangular, orthogonal; a.

Crosswords: Plumb

Albanian (ball, bullet, lead, packet, pellet, plumbum, seal, shot, slug), Romanian (lead, led, Plumb, plumbum), Scottish (noise of fallinng into water).

I mean plumb, mad-dog mean (The Outlaw Josey Wales; writing credit: Forrest Carter; Sonia Chernus)

Lady, you're about a half a bubble off plumb, and that's fer sure and fer certain (Quigley Down Under; writing credit: John Hill)

Whatever suits you just tickles me plumb to death (The Rounders; writing credit: Max Evans; Burt Kennedy)

Plumb Goofy (1926)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin (reference)

• American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables : and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves : and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to (reference)

• Ordinary Courage: The Life of Joseph Plumb Martin (reference)

• Out of Plumb (reference)

• Plumb (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• The Best of Plumb (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Pacific Laser Systems PLS5 Self-Leveling Plumb Level and Square (reference)

• RoboToolz RT-7610-5K Electronic Self-Leveling 5-Beam Level, Square and Plumb Laser, Including Interior Laser Pole - a $69.99 Value (reference)

• CST/Berger 11-635 LaserMark Laser Plumb Bob (reference)

• Johnson Level & Tool 108 8-Ounce Contractor Brass Plumb Bob (reference)

• Tajima PZB-400 Plumb-Rite Plumb Bob Setter (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "plumb": be out of plumb ♦ ground plumb point ♦ it fell plumb on his head ♦ Plumb bob ♦ plumb crazy ♦ plumb in ♦ Plumb joint ♦ Plumb level ♦ plumb line ♦ plumb line direction ♦ plumb nonsense ♦ plumb of a mason ♦ plumb out ♦ plumb point ♦ Plumb rule ♦ plumb the depths of ♦ posting plumb. Additional references.

Beginning with "plumb": plumb-in, plumb-line, plumb-pudding.

Albanian

Provoj Më Plumbç, Plumbç (plummet, sinker, sink-stone), Plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), Pingul (apeak, normal, perpendicular, perpendicularly, vertical), Zbërthej (analyse, analyze, break down, crack, decompose, demount, diffract, disarticulate, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismount, disperse, dissolve, pull apart, puzzle out, resolve, take to pieces, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unlock, unnail), Vertikalisht (endways, endwise, vertically), Vertikal (apeak, erect, upright, vertical), Mat Thellësinë (sound), I Plotë (all out, big, broad, clear, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, direct, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter, whole). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فحص العمق بدقة, ‏كامل (absolute, all out, complete, completed, concluded, consummate, entire, essential, finalized, finished, full, full blown, full scale, integral, integrate, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, rounded off, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter, whole), ‏مس الأعماق, ‏وصل (arrive, attain, befall, butt, check, come, conduct, connect, convey, hook up, joining, joint, ligature, link, make, mark, reach, receive, result, roll in, show up, steer, touch, voucher), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏توصيل, ‏سبر (exploration, explore, probe, search, sound), ‏عموديا (perpendicular, vertically), ‏عمودي (columnar, perpendicular, steep, straight, upright, vertical), ‏ضجر (be fed up, bore, bored, boredom, dullness, fed up, give up, importune, irk, tedium, tire, tiredness, weariness, weary), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, faithful, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), ‏ختم بالرصاص, ‏إشتغل رصاصا أو سمكريا, ‏راسيا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

Абсолютен, � азбирам, Съвсем, Изправен, Измервам �"ълбочина С Лот, �'ертикален, �'ертикално, �'никвам �', � аботя Като �'одопроводчик, Точно, явен (apparent, blazing, decided, declared, distinct, downright, evident, Frank, glaring, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open, ostensible, outright, overt, palpable, patent, plain, pointed, professed, pronounced, rank, self-explanatory, sheer, thumping, transparent, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible), Направо, Пломбирам С Олово, Поставям �'ертикално, Поставям Под Отвес, Прониквам �', Отвес, Отвесен, Отвесно, Лот (Bob). (various references)

Chinese 

�"��"�. (various references)

Czech

Přímo (at firsthand, direct, directly, nonstop, non-stop, outright, point blank, right, roundly, sheer, straight, straight away), Přímý (above board, direct, downright, firsthand, forthright, head on, immediate, nonstop, non-stop, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, plump, point blank, right, Square, straight, straightforward, through, upright), Srovnat Do Kolmice, Sondovat (canvass, probe), Olovnice (lead, plummet, sound), Kolmost, Kolmo, Kolmý (sheer, upright, vertical). (various references)

Danish

lodliniesvingning (disturbance of the plumb line, perturbation of the vertical), hælens lodretning (plumb of the heel), hjælpemiddel med lod til vandretstilling af målestænger (level with set square and plumb line), hjaelpemidlet,der anvendes ved overfoerelsen,er lodsnore (method envisaged for the setting out is the use of a plumb line), lodafvigelse (angle of deviation of the vertical, deflection of the plumb line, deflection of the vertical(USA)), lodkrumning (curvature of the plumb line, curvature of the vertical), billednadir (nadir point, photo nadir point, photograph nadir, plumb point), lodlinie (plumb line), støvlens lodretning (plumb of a boot), lodlinjens retning (plumb line direction), nadir (nadir), nadirpunkt (nadir point, photo nadir point, photograph nadir, plumb point), nedlodning (to plumb down), saenklod (plumb-line), skakt (adit, chute, collimator shaft, core, cored hole, discharge pipe, gallery, hopper, lifting hole, plumb-line shaft, shaft, slot, tower, tunnel, void, well), lodline (collimator shaft, lead, plumb-line, plumb-line shaft). (various references)

Dutch

loodrechte stand van een laars (plumb of a boot), bij het overbrengen wordt het schietlood gebruikt (method envisaged for the setting out is the use of a plumb line), convergentie van loodlijnen (convergence of plumb lines), dienende om bij loodaansluitingen de slingeringen van het schachtlood waar te nemen en het lood in het loodpunt vast te klemmen (centering disc, plumb-bob fixing apparatus), kromming van de verticaal (curvature of the plumb line, curvature of the vertical), loodbord (centering disc, plumb-bob fixing apparatus), looddraad (plumb bob string), loodlijnschacht (collimator shaft, plumb-line shaft), afloden (to plumb down), loodrechte stand van de hak (plumb of the heel), voetpunt (nadir), nadirpunt (nadir point, photo nadir point, photograph nadir, plumb point), richting van de zwaartekracht (plumb line direction), schietlood (plumb-line), schietlood aan houten driehoek (level with set square and plumb line), schietloodafwijking (angle of deviation of the vertical, deflection of the plumb line, deflection of the vertical(USA)), schietloodconvergentie (convergence of plumb lines), uit het lood (out of plumb), verandering van de verticaal (disturbance of the plumb line, perturbation of the vertical), loodpositie (plumb line position, plumb position). (various references)

Farsi 

عمودی(.n):ژرف پیما, باسرب مهروموم کردن , بطورعمودی (Bolt), درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Exact, Genuine, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole), شاقول عمودی , شاقولی افتادن , باشاقول ازمودن , عمودا, لوله کشی کردن (Pipe), عمق پیمودن , عینا (Exact, Just, Slapdash, Smackdab, Very), سرب , گلوله سربی (Plummet), ژرف یابی کردن , قراردادن (Fix, Include, Lodge, Pack, Park, Pose, Posit, Posture, Put, Row, Set), عمودبودن . (various references)

Finnish

varustaa putkilla (replumb), luoti (bullet, lead, weight). (various references)

French

Plomber (to plumb down), Plomb (plummet), Vrai, Vertical, Tout De Suite, Toucher Les Fonds, Sonder, Exactement, D'aplomb, Complet, Absolu (plenary), À Plomb. (various references)

German

loten (fathom, sound, sounding), Lot (perpendicular, plumb line, plumbline, plummet, plump, solder, sounding line). (various references)

Greek 

όολύβι, σταθμίζω (ponder, weigh pros and cons), Στάθμη, �'αρίδι (Bob), �'ολίσ Στάθμησ, �'ολίδα (Bob), ίατακόρυφοσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

־או� ך, ּמ�"ו�" ֱא� ך, ּחלוטין, ּב�"וק, ּר�"ת ּעומקו ל, ְ� ך, ֱ�"יוק. (various references)

Hungarian

pont (bang, chalk, coign of vantage, Dot, full stop, item, jot, just, period, pip, place, point, right, speckle, spot, stalling point), Függõleges (perpendicular, upright, vertical), egészen (completely, entirely, even, fairly, home, just, outright, quite, throughout, to drive sg home, to the full, to the top of one's bent, totally, wholly), Egyenes (direct, downright, even, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, line, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plump, point blank, right, sincere, single-hearted, smooth, straight, straight/direct, straightaway, straightforward), függőón (plummet), függőleges (erect, mullioned, perpendicular, sheer, vertical), függőlegesen (sheer, uprightly, vertically), függőlegesség (plummet, verticalism, verticality), Függélyez, egész (all, clear, complete, entire, fairly, have the dithers, I just told him, integral, integrate, it doesn't matter a bit, it doesn't matter in the least, livelong, overall, some, the lot, total, whole), Függõón (perpendicular, plumb line), tisztára (sheer, stark), Függõlegesen (apeak), igaz (fast, just, proper, sincere, sound, to prove a good friend, true, veridical), mélységmérő ón (lead, plummet), mérőón (lead, plummet, sinker), merő (mere, scoop, sheer), Teljes (absolute, absorbing, all-out, at full speed, bag of tricks, clear, complement, complete, consummate, crass, entire, exhaustive, fore-and-aft, full statement, full-blood, global, gross, integrate, integrated, out and out, perfect, plenary, pukka, regular, restitution of all things, right-down, round, setout, to come in for one's full share of sg, to pelt, to the full, to the top of one's bent, to transmogrify, total, undivided, utter, very, whole), Függõólom. (various references)

Indonesian

menjajaki (fathom, probe, sound out, take soundings). (various references)

Italian

Piombino (plumb bob, plummet, seal), Piombare (fall, rush, swoop), Verticalmente (vertically), Verticale (handstand, orthographical, perpendicular, upright, vertical), Sondare (probe, sound, sound out), Scandagliare (fathom, sound), Mettere A Piombo, Filo A Piombo (plumb line), Esatto (accurate, attunes, careful, close, correct, definite, exact, exactly, express, narrow, near, nice, on time, prompt, punctual, right, strict, true, tunes), Esattamente (carefully, correctly, exactly, just, just so, nicely, precisely, quite, quite so, right, sharp, Square, true), A Piombo (verticality). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鉛錘 (plumb bob), 垂準 (plumb line, plummet), 下�'振り (plumb bob, plummet). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すいじゅ�" (level, plumb line, plummet, standard, water level), さ�'ふり (plumb bob, plummet), え�"すい (brine, cone, plumb bob, salt water). (various references)

Korean 

연�". (various references)

Manx

potreil, jeeragh (candid, direct; erect, downright, due, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, honest, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, straightforward, strict, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring). (various references)

Pig Latin

umbplay.(various references)

Portuguese

puro (absolute, chaste, clean, clean-fingered, crisp, fresh, genuine, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, naked, neat, pure, self, sheer, sinless, snow, snowy, soilless, spotless, stainless, sweet, taintless, true, unalloyed, unblemished, unblended, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unworldly, virgin, virtuous), prumo (bob, lead, line, plummet), pôr na vertical, verticalidade (plumbline), chumbar (fire at, plough, pluck, solder), completamente (absolutely, all, all out, altogether, bodily, bolt, broad, clear, completely, consummately, directly, downright, entirely, exactly, fairly, full, fully, jolly, outright, overall, plenty, precious, quite, thoroughly, through, throughout, up, utterly, wholly), completo (absolute, all out, all-around, all-out, all-round, arrant, bijou, clean, complete, completed, done, downright, dyed-in-the, egregious, entire, exhaustive, freehearted, full, fullbodied, outright, plenary, precious, round, run-down, sheer, sweeping, teetotal, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, thru, total, unabridged, unalloyed, unmitigated, utter, whole), compreender (bottom, catch, catch on, compass, comprehend, comprise, conceive, consist, embrace, get, grasp, grip, have, imply, know, make out, perceive, read, realize, see, sense, sympathize, take in, to understand, twig, understand), exatamente (close, cool, due, even, exactly, just, just so, okay, right, sharp), a prumo, vertical (cocked, downright, erect, perpendicular, standing, vertical), verticalmente (straight, uprightly, vertically), rematado (precious, thoroughpaced, unmitigated), soldar (braze, disburse, fade, solder, weld), sonda (auger, catheter, depth-gauge, explorer, lead, lead-line, plummet, sounder, stylet), sondar com a sonda, ver (behold, do, eye, keek, look, see, sight, spy, to see, view, watch), nível (level, plummet, standard). (various references)

Romanian

Plumbui (lead, led, load, seal), Plumb (lead, led, plumbum), Perfect Vertical, Zencui, Vertical (erect, pedimental, perpendicularly, stand up, upright, upstanding, vertical, vertically), Sonda (bore, bottom, canvass, explore, fathom, feel the pulse, probe, sound), Lucra Cu Instalator, Linie Verticalã (vertical), Curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, genuine, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, snug, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), Controla Vertical. (various references)

Russian 

Отвесно, Отвес, Абсолютный, отвес отвесный, Точно, �'скрывать, �'ертикальный, �'ертикально. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pravi (genuine, ortho-, proper, pucka, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, stark, sterling, thorough, true), viskom ispitati, visak (plumb line, sinker), veoma (badly, downright, greatly, highly, mighty, most, passing, real, right, terribly, vastly, very), uspravan (erect, ortho-, stand up, straight, upright, upstanding, vertical), olovo (lead, saturn), meriti dubinu. (various references)

Spanish

Plomo (fuse, fuze, lead, plumb bob, plumbum, plummet, sinker, true), Plomada (perpendicular, plumb line, plummet, sinkers). (various references)

Swedish

lodrätt (sheer, upright), lod (plummet, solder, solders, weight), blylod. (various references)

Turkish

Dikey (apeak, orthogonal, perpendicular, sheer, upright, vertical), Adamakıllı (greatly, head over heels, over, profound, proper, properly, regularly, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wide, widely, with a vengeance), Ölçmek (Gage), Ýskandil, Ýskandil Etmek, Þakul, Düşey (vertical), Düşey Olarak, Çekül (Bob), Derinlemesine Araştırmak (get the bottom of, plumb line, probe), Tam Olarak (accurately, completely, evenly, every bit, exactly, fairly, flat, fully, implicitly, in depth, in full, positively, quite, right, rightdown, rootedly, roundly, slap bang, smack, straight, strictly, to a t, true), Dikine (in the perpendicular, vertically), Doğrultmak (aim, Orient, orientate, point, present, range, rectify, right, straighten, train, true up, unbend, uncross, up with), Gayet (plenty, really, right), Kurşunla Kaplamak, Su Katılmamış (jolly, plain, undiluted), Su Tesisatını Kurmak, Tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), Derinine Ýnmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

Абсолютний, Точно, Лот, �"рузило, �'ертикально, �'ертикальни, �'исок, �'имірювати �"либину, Цілком, Ставити По �'иску. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thật đúng l� , thẳng đứng (endlong, sheer, upright, vertical), quả dọi dây dọi (plummet), dây dò nước thế thẳng đứng, đích thật. (various references)

Welsh

plymio (sound). (various references)

plumbum. (various references)

plom. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "plumb": plumbago, plumbagos, plumbed, plumber, plumberies, plumbers, plumbery, plumbic, plumbing, plumbings, plumbism, plumbisms, plumbous, plumbs, plumbum, plumbums. (additional references)

Words ending with "plumb": replumb. (additional references)

Words containing "plumb": replumbed, replumbing, replumbs, unplumbed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Plumb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aplumb, lumb, plab, Plim, plimm, Plomb, plubg, plumn, plurb, plusmn, pumba. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bump, lump, plum.

-2 letters: bum, lum, pub, pul, ump.

-3 letters: mu, um, up.

+1 letter: pablum, plumbs.

+2 letters: bumpily, pablums, pabulum, plumbed, plumber, plumbic, plumbum, replumb, upclimb.

+3 letters: pabulums, plumbago, plumbers, plumbery, plumbing, plumbism, plumbous, plumbums, replumbs, upclimbs.

+4 letters: bumpkinly, imputable, penumbral, plumbagos, plumbings, plumbisms, replumbed, subphylum, subsample, unplumbed, upclimbed.

+5 letters: computable, impugnable, permutable, plumberies, postbellum, presumable, presumably, replumbing, semipublic, suboptimal, subproblem, subsampled, subsamples, upclimbing.