Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unplumb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-plumb
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the lead from.

Transitive verb

adj

Not plumb or vertical.

Example Sentences

"If the Independents of those times did not, as Mr. Burke says, “Unplumb the dead to cast bullets to fire at the living,” it appears that their rapacity and avarice, stimulated by the same ideas, induced them to lead the way to the same object; […]"

Etymology

From un- + plumb.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unplumbs (present, singular) unplumbing (participle, present) unplumbed (participle, past) unplumbed (past)

Rhymes With

from some come become kingdom come mum sum blow to kingdom come overcome drum cum thumb

Questions

What does unplumb mean?: To remove the lead from.
Where does unplumb come from?: From un- + plumb.

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