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• plumb — n 1. lead, weight, plummet, plumb bob, bob, sinker. adj 2. true, right, perpendicular, vertical, straight, square; level, erect, straight up and down, flush. 3.Informal. absolute, utter, unmitigated, outright, perfect, consummate; downright,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• plumb — [adj] vertical erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, straight up, up and down, upright; concept 581 Ant. flat, horizontal, level plumb [v] probe, go into delve, explore, fathom, gauge, get to the bottom of*, measure, penetrate, search, sound,… …   New thesaurus

• plumb — Synonyms and related words: T square, absolute, absolutely, accurately, all embracing, all encompassing, all out, all pervading, answer, aplomb, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, at right angles, azimuth circle, bang, bar, barricade, batten,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• plumb — {{11}}plumb (adj.) perpendicular, vertical, mid 15c., from PLUMB (Cf. plumb) (n.). The notion of exact measurement led to extended sense of completely, downright (1748), sometimes spelled plump or plunk. {{12}}plumb (n.) c.1300, lead hung on a… …   Etymology dictionary

• Plumb level — Level Lev el (l[e^]v [e^]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF. livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. {Librate}, {Libella}.] 1. A line or surface to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• depth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deepness Nouns 1. depth; deepness, profundity; deepening, lowering (see depression). See lowness. 2. depression, concavity;shaft, well; bowels of the earth, bottomless pit; hell; valley; abyss, chasm… …   English dictionary for students

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