Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A usually conical metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line. Also called plummet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A conoid-shaped metal bob or weight attached to the end of a plumb-line. See also cut under plumb-rule.
Wiktionary
- n. A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See Bob, 4.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the metal bob of a plumb line
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Bob
He's everywhere.
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The Tool Shed
Are you the sharpest tool in the shed? If you had to live in the tool shed -- what tool would you be?
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Construction For Poets
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dontcry I love the plumb bob! I'm so glad you added it to the tool shed! May 11, 2008