Word Meaning

Meaning of plumbs

- 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.
- Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
- In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
- To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- 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.
- To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
- To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

Crossword clue for plumbs

- Alignment tool
- Bob’s completely straight!
- Builder’s weight
- Exactly perpendicular
- Fruit said to have weight
- Level, true
- Perpendicular
- Precisely vertical
- Purple shade perceived as right
- Small mass of lead
- Upright
- Straightens up quiet lambs, covering area with urgency, at first
- Tests the vertical alignment