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Word entry · 5 letters

plumb

Best crossword clue

"Exactly vertical"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /plʌm/Part of speech adverb, verb, adjective, nounSorted blmpuStarts with PEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. completely; used as intensifiers

Word origin

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

Used in a sentence

  • Customers turned away from rickety chairs, stands of drawers that refused to open, or had no handles, lop-sided wardrobes whose doors were out of plumb or whose mirrors were cracked.
  • Plumb down he drops.
  • It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.

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