Usually means: Tool for checking vertical alignment.
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  1. plumb rule: Merriam-Webster
  2. plumb rule: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plumb rule: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plumb rule: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plumb rule: Vocabulary.com
  6. plumb rule: Wordnik
  7. plumb rule: Wiktionary
  8. plumb rule: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Plumb rule, plumb rule: Dictionary.com
  10. plumb rule: Rhymezone
  11. plumb rule: FreeDictionary.org
  12. plumb rule: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. plumb rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plumb rule: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plumb rule)

▸ noun:  A narrow board with a plumb line fastened to the top, used to determine a perpendicular.

Similar:
plumb line, plumb, perpendicular, perpendicle, parallel ruler, aplomb, Plimsoll line, rhumb line, Plimsoll mark, T-square, more...

Opposite:
level, straight, even, balanced, aligned

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Similar:
plumb line, plumb, perpendicular, perpendicle, parallel ruler, aplomb, Plimsoll line, rhumb line, Plimsoll mark, T-square, more...

Opposite:
level, straight, even, balanced, aligned



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