plumbed
simple past tense and past participle of plumb
Source: Wiktionary
Plumb, n. Etym: [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden ball or bullet; cf. Gr. Plummet, Plunge.]
Definition: 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. Plumb bob. See Bob, 4.
– Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
– Plumb level. See under Level.
– Plumb line. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth.
– Plumb rule, a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.
Plumb, a.
Definition: Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
Plumb, adv.
Definition: In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. "Plumb down he falls." Milton.
Plumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumbing.]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
2. 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. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 April 2025
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
