plumb
US /plʌm/
・UK /plʌm/
B2TOEIC
adv.AdverbPrecisely or exactly
I live plumb in the middle of the city
v.t.Transitive VerbTo measure the depth of something
He is diving to plumb the bottom of the lake
adj.AdjectiveExactly vertical
This wall is perfectly plumb
n.NounWeight on the end of a line
Look at the plumb at the end of the line
v.t.Transitive VerbTo connect pipes, baths, toilets to a water source
If you plumb my room I will pay you
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エジプト学の専門家だけど質問ある？| Tech Support | WIRED Japan
- Here you use gravity and a tool that engineers still use, a plumb bob, which is a weight on a string.
Here you use gravity and a tool that engineers still use, a plumb bob, which is a weight on a string.
- So if you're trying to get the side of a piece of stone vertical, you hold a plumb bob next to it and you just correct, you keep chiseling away at that stone until it is perfectly straight.
So if you're trying to get the side of a piece of stone vertical, you hold a plumb bob next to it and you just correct, you keep chiseling away at that stone until it is perfectly straight.
How to Prune a Lilac Bush
- Dead wood is brittle and has no plumb buds on it. It's easy to see and that should come
Dead wood is brittle and has no plumb buds on it. It's easy to see and that should come
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream - Crash Course Psychology #9
- few decades have we begun to really plumb its depths -- from why we sleep in the first
few decades have we begun to really plumb its depths -- from why we sleep in the first
- And only in the past few decades have we begun to really plumb its depths.
And only in the past few decades have we begun to really plumb its depths.
How to Stop Being a Helicopter Parent
- being bored, don’t rush in to amuse them. Let them plumb their own imaginations for
being bored, don’t rush in to amuse them. Let them plumb their own imaginations for
- Let them plumb their own imaginations for fun.
Let them plumb their own imaginations for fun.
A Baffling Balloon Behavior - Smarter Every Day 113
- OK so now we have the plumb bob right next to the balloon, so if I go forward they should spread apart right?
OK so now we have the plumb bob right next to the balloon, so if I go forward they should spread apart right?
"I smell meme!" ? Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr. on the weirdest Oppenheimer fact ever
- And you can find these interviews in full on BBC iPlayer by searching "movies with Ali Plumb".
And you can find these interviews in full on BBC iPlayer by searching "movies with Ali Plumb".
Why Most Painters Stop Improving
- They don't even know what a plumb line is.
They don't even know what a plumb line is.
- They don't even know what a plumb line is.
They don't even know what a plumb line is.
February 1, 2026
- What do you have in Kubernetes to plumb them together?
What do you have in Kubernetes to plumb them together?
- What do you have in Kubernetes to plumb them together?
What do you have in Kubernetes to plumb them together?
The Real History of the Christmas Truce of 1914
- Always plumb an apple on the Western Front.
Always plumb an apple on the Western Front.
- Always plumb an apple on the Western Front.
Always plumb an apple on the Western Front.
Jeff Bridges Takes The Colbert Questionert
- Now, you may be familiar with the Colbert Questionnaire, a series of questions meticulously calibrated to plumb the depths of a guest's psyche.
Now, you may be familiar with the Colbert Questionnaire, a series of questions meticulously calibrated to plumb the depths of a guest's psyche.
- Now, you may be familiar with the Colbert questionnaire, a series of questions meticulously calibrated to plumb the depths of a guest's psyche.
Now, you may be familiar with the Colbert questionnaire, a series of questions meticulously calibrated to plumb the depths of a guest's psyche.