Plumb

/plʌm/

Synonyms for "plumb" (344 found)

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Closest matches (69)

Noun(7 words)

plumb bobplumb lineplummet accurate accurately align completely

abrupt absolute absolutely accuratelyall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracing all-encompassing all-out all-pervading altogether answer aplomb appraise appreciate assay assessat right anglesazimuth circle

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bang bar barricade battenbatten downbob bolt born bottom broad-based buttonbutton upcalculate calibrate calipercast the leadcheck a parameterchokechoke offclap clean clearclear upcloseclose upcome alivecompass completely comprehensive compute congenital constrict consummate contain contract cover crack dead debug decipher decode

Adverb(1 words)

clean

Strong matches (103)

deep dyeddeep-dyed definitely delvedelve intodescry dialdig intodirectly discern disentangle divide divine do dopedope outdownrightdyed-in-the-woolegregious entirely

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estimate evaluate even exactly exhaustive explain explore expressly faithfully fasten fathomfigure outfind outfind the answerfind the solutionflush foldfold upfull fully gauge getget rightgo intograduate guessguess righthave ithit ithit the nail on the headin all respectsin every respectindagate indicator intensive interpret investigateipsissimis verbisirretrievably irrevocably just kerplunk key latch lead line literally literatim locklock outlock uplook intomake a soundingmake outmeasure mensurate mete meter normal occlude omnibus omnipresentopen the lockorthodiagonal orthogonalout-and-outoutright pace padlock peerpeer intopenetrate

Noun(11 words)

delve entirely erect exact exactly examine fathoming gauge investigatelead weightmeasure

Related words (172)

perceive perfect perfectly perpendicular perpendicularly pervasive pierce plain plopplumb bobplumb lineplumb ruleplumb the depthsplumb-line plummet plump plunging plunkpoint blankpoint-blank

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poke intopositively precipitous precisely prize probe prypry intopsychpsych outpurepuzzle outquantify quantize quite radical rate ravelravel outregular resolve riddle rightright angleright-angle right-angled right-angular rigidly rigorously sandbag sealseal offseal upsearchsearch intosecure seesee daylightsee intosee the lightsee throughsetset squaresheer sheerly shutshut the doorshut upsift sinker sizesize upslam slapsling the leadsmack smack-dab snap solvesort outsound span spang spot square squarelysqueeze shutstark steep step straight straight-upstraight-up-and-downstrangle strictly survey sweepingt squaretake a readingtake soundingsthorough thoroughgoing thoroughlythrough and throughthrough-and-throughto the lettertotal triangulatetry squareubiquitous unconditional undeviatingly undo unerringly universal unlock unmitigated unqualified unravel unrelievedly unreserved unrestricted unriddle unscramble untangle untwist unweaveup and downup-and-downupright utter utterly valuate value verbally verbatimverbatim et litteratimveritable verticalvertical circlevery water weigh weight well wholesale whollyword by wordword for wordworkwork outzip upzipper

Noun(17 words)

perpendicularly plumbing precise precisely probe sounding squarestraight upstraighten strictly thoroughly upright uprightly uprights utterly vertical vertically

Adverb(1 words)

plum

Adjective(1 words)

vertical part

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

23 entries

adjust alignment analyze bob burden burthen correctdegree adverbdevicedirection adverbexplore instrument investigate measure measurementmeasurement tool

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More specific

21 entries

bathymetry completelydeep inquirydepth soundingdimensional accuracyexactly fullygeometric exactnessperpendicularityplumb a chimneyplumb a wallplumb bobplumb lineprecisely strictlythorough analysis

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Collocations

16 entries

gravity alignmentplumb a wallplumb alignmentplumb bobplumb lineplumb line setupplumb line testplumb rodplumb squareplumb straightplumb the depthsplumb the issueplumb weightplumbing systemvertical alignmentverticality

Inflections

5 entries

more plumbmost plumbplumbed plumbing plumbs

Derivations

10 entries

plumb bobplumb lineplumb rodplumb weightplumbed plumber plumbing plumbline plumbness plumbs

similar

2 entries

perpendicular vertical

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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With a plumb bob, the carpenter is making sure that our new house's walls will be vertical.

Source: tatoeba (5270312)

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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