The man came over to my house to plumb my toilet
We have a long way to go to plumb the depths of the words.
Sherlock Holmes amazes readers by his ability to plumb the deepest mysteries.
You're referring to the word 'plumb' - as in plumb line.
The homophone of plum is 'plumb'. In the word 'plumb', the letter b is not pronounced.
The phrase "plumb forgot" likely originated from the use of the word "plumb" as an adverb meaning "completely" or "absolutely." In this context, "plumb" emphasizes the degree to which something is forgotten. The word "plumb" in this sense dates back to the 16th century, while the specific phrase "plumb forgot" likely emerged later as a colloquial expression to convey total forgetfulness.
Use of a plumb bob a level used on plumb rather then horizontal
In the story "The Hickory Toothpick," the word "plumb" refers to the act of measuring the depth of something vertically, typically using a plumb line or a similar tool. It is often used in construction or carpentry to ensure that structures are perfectly vertical or aligned. In the context of the story, the protagonist uses the word "plumb" to describe the precise and careful nature of his craftsmanship in making the hickory toothpick.
They both come from the Latin word plombium which means the element Lead. (The symbol for the element is Pb which comes from Plombium) Water pipes used to be made of lead, so a person who attended to water and sewer pipes was a plumber who looked after the plumbing. An instrument for measuring whether something was vertical consisted of a line with a lead weight at the end, called a plumb weight, and the apparatus was called a plumb line or plumb rule. A vertical structure which was proven to be vertical by such an instrument was called "plumb"
There's no plumbing the depths of the human psyche. The bathroom plumbing has a leak.
For measuring 'plumb' in conjunction with a spirit level.
You just used the word acolytes in a sentence. Even saying, "can the word acolytes be used in a sentence", you are using that word in a sentence.
In English, it is called "lead", but in Latin the word was "plumbum". From this, we also get the word "plumbing", because pipes in Roman days were made of lead, and the word "plumb", which means "vertical". This is from the lead weight (plumb bob) used to mark a vertical line on a wall.
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