plumb — meaning, pronunciation and 9 definitions

verb

4 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
measure the depth of something
Broaderquantify
2.
weight with lead
Broaderburden
3.
examine thoroughly and in great depth
Broaderexplore
4.
adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
Broaderadjust

adverb

3 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
completely; used as intensifiers
“clean forgot the appointment”
“I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out”
Synonymsclean plum
slang
2.
conforming to the direction of a plumb line
3.
exactly
“fell plumb in the middle of the puddle”
Synonymsplum
colloquialism

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the metal bob of a plumb line
Synonymsplumb bob plummet
Broaderbob
Part ofplumb line

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
exactly vertical
“the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb”
Similarvertical

Other forms of plumb

plural: plumbs·
past tense: plumbed·
present participle: plumbing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plumb

What does plumb mean?: plumb means "measure the depth of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in plumb?: plumb has 1 syllable: plumb. In IPA it is /ˈplʌm/.
What is another word for plumb?: Close synonyms include clean, plum, plum, plumb bob, plummet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is plumb a common word?: plumb is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with plumb?: 1 word rhymes with plumb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for plumb come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

Other forms of plumb

plural

plumbs·

past tense

plumbed·

present participle

plumbing·

Questions about plumb

What does plumb mean?

plumb means "measure the depth of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plumb?

plumb has 1 syllable: plumb. In IPA it is /ˈplʌm/.

What is another word for plumb?

Close synonyms include clean, plum, plum, plumb bob, plummet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plumb a common word?

plumb is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with plumb?

1 word rhymes with plumb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.