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Definitions for Plumber

[1] a person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., both in and out of buildings.
[2] Slang . an undercover operative or spy hired to detect or stop leaks of news or secret information, often using questionable or illegal methods, as illegal entry or wiretapping.
[3] Obsolete . a worker in lead or similar metals.
[4] a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
[5] true according to a plumb line perpendicular.
[6] Informal . downright or absolute.
[7] in a perpendicular or vertical direction.
[8] exactly, precisely, or directly.
[9] Informal . completely or absolutely: She was plumb mad. You're plumb right.
[10] to test or adjust by a plumb line.
[11] to make vertical.
[12] Shipbuilding . horn(def 32) .
[13] to sound with or as with a plumb line.
[14] to measure (depth) by sounding.
[15] to examine closely in order to discover or understand: to plumb someone's thoughts.
[16] to seal with lead.
[17] to weight with lead.
[18] to provide (a house, building, apartment, etc.) with plumbing.
[19] to work as a plumber.
[20] a person who installs and repairs pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
[21] a weight, usually of lead, suspended at the end of a line and used to determine water depth or verticality
[22] the perpendicular position of a freely suspended plumb line (esp in the phrases out of plumb, off plumb )
[23] (prenominal) informal , mainly US (intensifier) a plumb nuisance
[24] in a vertical or perpendicular line
[25] informal , mainly US (intensifier) plumb stupid
[26] informal exactly; precisely (also in the phrase plumb on )
[27] (tr often foll by up ) to test the alignment of or adjust to the vertical with a plumb line
[28] (tr) to undergo or experience (the worst extremes of misery, sadness, etc) to plumb the depths of despair
[29] (tr) to understand or master (something obscure) to plumb a mystery
[30] to connect or join (a device such as a tap) to a water pipe or drainage system

Words related to Plumber

upright, straight, sheer, perpendicular, erect

Words nearby Plumber

plumb rule, plumbaginaceous, plumbaginous, plumbago, plumbeous, plumber, plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic, plumbicon

Origin of Plumber

1250–1300; Middle English plumbe, probably < Anglo-French *plombe < Vulgar Latin *plumba, for Latin plumbum lead

Words that may be confused with Plumber

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, plumbplum, plumb

Other words from Plumber

plumb·a·ble , adjective
plumb·less , adjective
plumb·ness , noun
re·plumb , verb (used with object)
un·plumb , adjective

Word origin for Plumber

C13: from Old French plomb (unattested) lead line, from Old French plon lead, from Latin plumbum lead

Synonyms for Plumber

erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, upright, straight up, up and down