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Plummet
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
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Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
Containing whole 1
Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
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Synonym 2
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 bo…
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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