plumb
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- noun
- /plʌm/
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- Egypt developed glass, and its pyramid builders used plumb lines, wedges, copper saws, chisels, wooden mallets, and apparently a try square.
- plumb bob
- plumb line
Examples
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The base of the neck is on the Plumb line and the foot where she's standing on is also on the clone line.
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At each end of the cross, a plumb bob was hung.
Academic text (2003) -
"Dad has been on the top deck dropping a plumb line."
Fiction book (1994) -
A freely swinging plumb line is suspended from the center of the protractor.
Academic text (1991) -
To ensure the shelves are level, he hung a plumb from the ceiling.
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The builder checked the walls with a plumb to make sure they were perfectly vertical.
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She used a plumb to determine if the pole was standing straight.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A tool with a hanging string and a bubble level to check vertical or horizontal lines
- Specialized
A straight narrow board with a hanging weight used to check if a wall is perfectly vertical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plumb comes from the Latin word plumbum, which means 'lead', the heavy metal. A plumb was the little lead weight on the end of a line used by builders to find a true vertical line, so the noun still means that weight.