PLUMB LINE

Meaning of PLUMB LINE in English

( plumb lines)

A plumb line is a piece of string with a weight attached to the end that is used to check that something such as a wall is vertical or that it slopes at the correct angle.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

PLUMB LINE — noun Date: 15th century a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (as a plumb bob) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLUMB-LINE — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: plumb line : to test the verticality or find the depth of by means of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUMB LINE — noun 1. a. : a line or cord having at one end a plumb bob or other weight and used …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUMB LINE — 1. a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUMB-LINE — weight that determines a perpendicular line
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLUMB LINE — Date: 15th century 1. : a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (as a plumb …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLUMB LINE — Function: noun Date: 15th century 1 : a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (as …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLUMB LINE — ■ noun a line with a plumb attached to it.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PLUMB LINE — [plumb line] n (15c) 1: a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (as a plumb …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLUMB LINE — noun a piece of thick string with a weight attached to one end, used to find the depth of water …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUMB LINE — ˈplumb line BrE AmE noun [countable] a piece of string with a small heavy object tied to one end, used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLUMB LINE — (~s) A ~ is a piece of string with a weight attached to the end that is used to check …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PLUMB LINE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But again, as with the lintels, the union did not allow the bricklayers to use …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLUMB-LINE — Function: verb Synonyms: SOUND , fathom, plumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PLUMB-LINE — verb Synonyms: sound , fathom, plumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUMB LINE — мат. вертикальная линия, отвес
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUMB-LINE — сущ. 1) отвес 2) критерий, мера, мерило, мерка Syn : standard, criterion n 1) отвес ;2) мерило, критерий plumb-line мерило, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUMB-LINE — Свинец
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PLUMB-LINE — _n. 1> отвес 2> мерило, критерий
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLUMB LINE — отвес
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PLUMB LINE — отвес
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PLUMB-LINE — линия отвеса, отвесная линия
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PLUMB LINE — матем. вертикальная линия, отвес
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PLUMB-LINE — сущ.1) отвес 2) критерий, мера, мерило, мерка Syn:standard, criterion
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLUMB LINE — ватерпас, мерило, отвес
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PLUMB LINE — ватерпас, мерило, отвес
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PLUMB-LINE — сущ. 1) отвес 2) критерий, мера, мерило, мерка Syn: standard , criterion
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PLUMB-LINE — сущ. 1) отвес 2) критерий, мера, мерило, мерка Syn: standard, criterion
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PLUMB LINE — линия отвеса, отвесная линия
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PLUMB LINE — линия отвеса, отвесная линия
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
PLUMB LINE — линия отвеса, отвесная линия
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
PLUMB-LINE — _n. 1> отвес 2> мерило, критерий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PLUMB-LINE — n. 1. отвес 2. мерило, критерий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PLUMB-LINE — отвес мерило, критерий
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
PLUMB LINE — отвесная линия; отвес
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
PLUMB-LINE — _n. 1> отвес 2> мерило, критерий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PLUMB LINE — критерии лот отвес отвесная линия 1) отвесная линия 2) ватерпас 3) отвесная линия
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
PLUMB LINE — 1) отвесная линия 2) ватерпас 3) отвесная линия
Англо-Русский морской словарь
PLUMB-LINE — сущ. 1) отвес 2) критерий, мера, мерило, мерка Syn : standard, criterion n 1) отвес ;2) мерило, критерий plumb-line мерило, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUMB LINE — мат. вертикальная линия, отвес
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUMB — I. ˈpləm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English plom, plum, plumbe, from (assumed) Old French plomb lead, plummet (whence …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUMB — — plumbable , adj. — plumbless , adj. — plumbness , n. /plum/ , n. 1. a small mass of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUMB — I. ˈpləm noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French plum, plomb, from Latin plumbum lead Date: 14th century : a lead …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLUMB — adv in a plumb direction; perpendicularly. 2. plumb ·vt to seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe. 3. plumb …
Webster English vocab
LINE
Webster English vocab
PLUMB — [plumb] n [ME, fr. (assumed) OF plomb lead, fr. L plumbum] (14c): a lead weight attached to a line and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLUMB — / plʌm; NAmE / verb , adverb ■ verb [ vn ] ( literary ) to try to understand or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUMB — I. plumb 1 /plʌm/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: plumb 'metal weight on a plumb line' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLUMB — n., adv., adj., & v. --n. a ball of lead or other heavy material, esp. one attached to the end …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLUMB — n., adv., adj., & v. n. a ball of lead or other heavy material, esp. one attached to the end …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLUMB — 1.n., adv., adj., & v. --n. a ball of lead or other heavy material, esp. one attached to the end …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
PLUMB — ( plumbs, plumbing, plumbed) 1. If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUMB — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES plumb line COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN depth ▪ How could they soar so …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLUMB — Synonyms and related words : T square, absolute, absolutely, accurately, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, answer, aplomb, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUMB — I. ||plumb adverb Synonyms: well 3, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, quite, ||slap, thoroughly, utterly, wholly II. plumb verb Synonyms: sound …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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