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Rareplumbs
The correct spelling is plumbs.
How to pronounce plumbs
/plʌmz/
nounIPA: /plʌmz/
Say it like: Plu-mbs
The correct spelling is plumbs. The fruit and its tree.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The fruit and its tree.
- 2.Extended senses.
- 3.A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- 4.A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- 5.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.
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