How many syllables in Plumb
Word
Plumb
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
plumb
Definition
- n. - A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a
line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a
plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
- a. - Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line
attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
- adv. - In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
- v. t. - To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- v. t. - To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water;
hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension,
etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
- v. t. - To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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