Definitions for plumb-line

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Plumb-Line is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in plumb-line (-beillmnpu).

Definitions for plumb-line

noun

  1. a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
  2. plumb rule.

Origin of plumb-line

First recorded in 1530-40

Examples for plumb-line

A plumb line is a line perpendicular to the horizon, hanging (through the air).

A plumb line that is a little too long to reach the floor will, if swung so as just to touch the floor, describe a circle.

It will be just like 'Specs,' if it is a still night, to drop a plumb line and check himself.

Supports of dressed stone truly fixed with the plumb line are perfectly stable of themselves.

The Zenith is that point of the sky, overhead, toward which a plumb line points.

The mirror is always at hand, and a paper protractor on a piece of board, with a plumb line attached, serves as a quadrant.

One boy stands at Y and another at X, each with a plumb line.

Holding a plumb line at 350 miles per hour, she dropped upon the battle wagon below.

The corpse no longer stirred; the chain was as motionless as a plumb line.

Your rocket leads shot up, and the plumb line dropped one hundred feet.

Word Value for plumb-line
Scrable

11

Words with friends

16

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