26984 words

plumb

7 definitions • 9 examples
1
to supply a building or a device with water pipes, or to connect a building or a device to a water pipe:

Examples:

We've discovered that our house isn't plumbed properly.
plumb something into something I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.
plumb something in Have you plumbed the dishwasher in yet?
2
to measure how deep something is, especially water
3
to understand or discover all about something:

Examples:

Now that she had begun, she wanted to plumb her own childhood further.
4
exactly:

Examples:

The hotel is plumb in the middle of the town.
He hit me plumb on the nose.
5

Examples:

I plumb forgot your birthday.
6

Examples:

When you hang a door, you need to make sure that it is both level and plumb.
7
not straight vertically:

Examples:

The external wall is out of plumb by half a metre.

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