With a plumb bob, the carpenter is making sure that our new house's walls will be vertical.
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Plumb
//plʌm//
Synonyms for "plumb" (327 found)
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Closest matches (66)
plumb bobcleanperpendicularplumb lineplummetverticalabruptabsoluteabsolutelyaccuratelyall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracingall-encompassingall-outall-pervadingaltogetheransweraplomb
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Adverb(3 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (98)
covercrackdeaddebugdecipherdecodedeep dyeddeep-dyeddefinitelydelvedelve intodescrydialdig intodirectlydiscerndisentangledividedivinedo
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dopedope outdownrightdyed-in-the-woolegregiousentirelyerectestimateevaluateevenexactlyexhaustiveexplainexploreexpresslyfaithfullyfastenfathomfigure outfind outfind the answerfind the solutionflushfoldfold upfullfullygaugegetget rightgo intograduateguessguess righthave ithit ithit the nail on the headin all respectsin every respectindagateindicatorintensiveinterpretinvestigateipsissimis verbisirretrievablyirrevocablyjustkerplunkkeylatchleadlineliterallyliteratimlocklock outlock uplook intomake a soundingmake outmeasuremensuratemetemeternormaloccludeomnibusomnipresentopen the lockorthodiagonalorthogonalout-and-out
Related words (163)
outrightpacepadlockpeerpeer intopenetrateperceiveperfectperfectlyperpendicularlypervasivepierceplainplopplumb ruleplumb the depthsplumb-lineplumpplungingplunk
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Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adverb(4 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- отвесен adj (truly vertical)
- напълно adv (squarely, completely)
- отвесно adv (in a vertical direction)
- право adv (squarely, completely)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 正 adv (squarely, completely)
Danish
2 entries- lodret adj (truly vertical)
- vater adj (truly vertical)
Dutch
4 entries- in het lood adj (truly vertical)
- loodrecht adj (truly vertical)
- in het lood adv (in a vertical direction)
- loodrecht adv (in a vertical direction)
Finnish
4 entries- kohtisuora adj (truly vertical)
- kohtisuoraan adv (in a vertical direction)
- kohtisuorassa adv (in a vertical direction)
- kohtisuorasti adv (in a vertical direction)
German
3 entries- lotrecht adj (truly vertical)
- lotrecht adv (in a vertical direction)
- senkrecht adv (in a vertical direction)
Italian
1 entries- appiombare verb (to determine the depth)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاقوللامق verb (to determine the depth)
Polish
1 entries- wręcz adv (squarely, completely)
Romanian
1 entries- plumb noun (mass attached to a line to indicate vertical direction)
Sicilian
1 entries- acchiummari verb (to use plumb bob)
Spanish
3 entries- plomada noun (mass attached to a line to indicate vertical direction)
- plomada noun (nautical: mass attached to a line to indicate depth)
- sonda noun (nautical: mass attached to a line to indicate depth)
Swedish
1 entries- lodrät adj (truly vertical)
Turkish
1 entries- şakullemek verb (to determine the depth)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Mary will plumb her new house with stainless steel; she expects the pipes' endurance will make up for the higher cost.
Source: tatoeba (5270327)
That house was so poorly built that no floors were level and no walls were plumb.
Source: tatoeba (5270328)
The famous Tower of Pisa is now so seriously off plumb that Italy is taking special measures to keep it from collapsing.
Source: tatoeba (5270330)
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