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The correct spelling is plumb.
How to pronounce plumb
/plʌm/
nounIPA: /plʌm/
Say it like: Plu-mb
The correct spelling is plumb. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. For example: "It hit him plumb in the middle of his face."
Usage Examples
“It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.”
Meanings
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.
- 4.The fruit and its tree.
- 5.Extended senses.
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.
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.
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