Word Meaning

plumb definition and meaning

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.
v. t. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

Crossword clues for plumb

- Exactly perpendicular
- Fruit said to have weight
- Level, true
- Perpendicular
- Precisely vertical
- Small mass of lead
- Upright