Usually means: Weighted string indicating vertical alignment.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word plumb line:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. plumb line: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plumb line: Merriam-Webster
  3. plumb line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plumb line: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. plumb line: Collins English Dictionary
  6. plumb line: Vocabulary.com
  7. plumb-line, plumb line: Wordnik
  8. plumb line: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. plumb line: Wiktionary
  10. plumb line: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. plumb line: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. plumb line: Dictionary.com
  13. Plumb-line, Plumb line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. plumb line: Rhymezone
  15. plumb-line: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. plumb line: FreeDictionary.org
  17. plumb line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. plumb line: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plumb line: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PLUMB LINE: Masonic Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plumb line)

▸ noun:  A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet.
▸ noun:  Any vertical reference line.

Similar:
perpendicular, plumbline, plumb, plummet, plumb bob, plumb-bob, plumbata, lead, tripping line, quant pole, more...

Opposite:
askew, crooked, tilted, off-center, unlevel

Types:
lead, brass, steel, aluminum, more...

Phrases:
plumb line measures, more...

Adjectives:
traverse, bear, abeam, compassing, clinker-built, cant, lapstrake, slice, peak, stock, coppered

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Similar:
perpendicular, plumbline, plumb, plummet, plumb bob, plumb-bob, plumbata, lead, tripping line, quant pole, more...

Opposite:
askew, crooked, tilted, off-center, unlevel

Types:
lead, brass, steel, aluminum, more...

Phrases:
plumb line measures, more...

Adjectives:
traverse, bear, abeam, compassing, clinker-built, cant, lapstrake, slice, peak, stock, coppered



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