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plum
noun
1 any of a number of varieties of shrub or small tree, cultivated in temperate regions for its edible fruit, or for its ornamental flowers or foliage.
2 the smooth-skinned red, purple, green or yellow fruit of this tree, which has a hard central stone surrounded by sweet juicy flesh.
3 in compounds a raisin used in cakes, etc plum pudding .
4 colloq something especially valued or sought-after.
5 a deep dark-red colour.
adjective
1 plum-coloured.
2 highly sought-after a plum job . See also plummy.
[Anglo-Saxon plume : from Greek proumnon , from proumne plum-tree].
noun
1 any of a number of varieties of shrub or small tree, cultivated in temperate regions for its edible fruit, or for its ornamental flowers or foliage.
2 the smooth-skinned red, purple, green or yellow fruit of this tree, which has a hard central stone surrounded by sweet juicy flesh.
3 in compounds a raisin used in cakes, etc plum pudding .
4 colloq something especially valued or sought-after.
5 a deep dark-red colour.
adjective
1 plum-coloured.
2 highly sought-after a plum job . See also plummy.
[Anglo-Saxon plume : from Greek proumnon , from proumne plum-tree].
| plum, plumb These words are sometimes confused with each other. |
plum tomato
noun a large plum-shaped Italian variety of tomato.
noun a large plum-shaped Italian variety of tomato.
plumage
noun a bird's feathers, especially with regard to colour.
[15c: French, from plume feather]
noun a bird's feathers, especially with regard to colour.
[15c: French, from plume feather]
plumb
noun a lead weight, usually suspended from a line, used for measuring water depth or for testing a wall, etc for perpendicularity.
adjective straight, vertical or perpendicular.
adverb
1 in a straight, vertical or perpendicular way drops plumb to the seabed .
2 colloq exactly plumb in the middle .
3 N Am, esp US colloq utterly The guy is plumb crazy .
verb (plumbed , plumbing )
1 to measure the depth of (water), test (a structure) for verticality, or adjust something to the vertical, using a plumb.
2 to penetrate, probe or understand (a mystery, etc).
3 (usu plumb something in) to connect (a water-using appliance) to the water supply or waste pipe.
[13c: from French plomb , from Latin plumbum lead]
out of plumb not vertical.
plumb the depths of something to experience the worst extreme of (a bad feeling, etc) plumbed the depths of misery .
noun a lead weight, usually suspended from a line, used for measuring water depth or for testing a wall, etc for perpendicularity.
adjective straight, vertical or perpendicular.
adverb
1 in a straight, vertical or perpendicular way drops plumb to the seabed .
2 colloq exactly plumb in the middle .
3 N Am, esp US colloq utterly The guy is plumb crazy .
verb (plumbed , plumbing )
1 to measure the depth of (water), test (a structure) for verticality, or adjust something to the vertical, using a plumb.
2 to penetrate, probe or understand (a mystery, etc).
3 (usu plumb something in) to connect (a water-using appliance) to the water supply or waste pipe.
[13c: from French plomb , from Latin plumbum lead]
out of plumb not vertical.
plumb the depths of something to experience the worst extreme of (a bad feeling, etc) plumbed the depths of misery .
plumbago
noun (plumbagos )
1 chem another name for graphite.
2 a Mediterranean and tropical plant with spikes of lead-coloured flowers. Also called leadwort.
[18c; 17c in obsolete sense -yellow oxide of lead-: Latin, from Pliny's translation of Greek molybdaina lead or lead ore]
noun (plumbagos )
1 chem another name for graphite.
2 a Mediterranean and tropical plant with spikes of lead-coloured flowers. Also called leadwort.
[18c; 17c in obsolete sense -yellow oxide of lead-: Latin, from Pliny's translation of Greek molybdaina lead or lead ore]
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