noun Download 🔗Share A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line Examples : "The construction worker used a plummets to ensure the wall was perfectly vertical. " nautical sailing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Hence, any weight Examples : "The construction worker used heavy plummets to ensure the wall was perfectly vertical. " physics mass Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines) Examples : "The old schoolhouse display included plummets and slates, relics of a time when students carefully ruled their writing paper by hand. " stationery writing education item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line Examples : "The depth of the well was uncertain, so the workers used a plummets to measure it carefully. " nautical technical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Violent or dramatic fall Examples : "The roller coaster's series of plummets made my stomach drop. " disaster event action situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A decline; a fall; a drop Examples : "The stock market plummet caused a lot of financial anxiety. " economy business finance disaster amount condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly. Examples : "After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth." action event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
