noun
Meaning 1
A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
plumb bob
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noun
Meaning 2
the metal bob of a plumb line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plumb, plummet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bob
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 鉛錘 /铅锤 (qiānchuí) — metal weight
- Finnish: luoti — metal weight
- French: plomb — metal weight
- Greek: βολίδα (volída) — metal weight
- Hungarian: függőón — metal weight
- Irish: puntán — metal weight
- Newar: खाखिपः (khākhipa:) — metal weight
- Russian: грузик отвеса (gruzik otvesa) — metal weight
- Spanish: peso de la plomada — metal weight
- Swedish: lod — metal weight
- Swedish: tyngd — metal weight
- Swedish: blytyngd — metal weight
- Tagalog: patitis — metal weight