Meaning

1 senses
  1. A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.

    грузик отвесаgruzik otvesa

    the metal bob of a plumb line

Examples

1 sentences
  1. With a plumb bob, the carpenter is making sure that our new house's walls will be vertical.

    deMittels eines Richtbleis vergewissert der Zimmermann sich, dass die Wände unseres neuen Hauses vertikal sind. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
metal weight:

Forms

plural: plumb bobs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
RelatedplummetC1
Derivedplumbob

See also

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