1syllable
plumbs
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Definitions ofplumbs
1noun
- The fruit and its tree.
- Extended senses.
1noun
- A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- The perpendicular direction or position.
1verb
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- To seal something with lead.
- To work as a plumber.
- To fall or sink like a plummet.
- To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- To position vertically above or below.
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