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plumb noun

  /plʌm/
  • A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
 luoti, lyijypaino

plumb verb

  /plʌm/
  • (dated) To seal something with lead.
 juottaa lyijyllä
  • To attach to a water supply and drain.
 liittää vesijohtoon, liittää viemäriin
  • (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
 liittää vesijohtoon, liittää viemäriin, luodata, rihdata, syväluodata
  • To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
 luodata
  • (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
 olla putkimiehenä
  • (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
 pudota kuin kivi, upota kuin kivi
  • To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
 rihdata
  • (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
 seurata

plumb adverb

  /plʌm/
  • In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
 kohtisuoraan, kohtisuorassa, kohtisuorasti
  • (informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.
 kokonaan, suoraan, täysin

plumb adjective

  /plʌm/
  • Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
 kohtisuora

plumbing noun

  /ˈplʌmɪŋ/
  • The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.
 putkisto
  • (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
 ruoansulatus, suolet, suolisto
plumb bob
luoti
plumb line
luotilanka
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