Meanings
nounplumb bob (plural plumb bobs)
plural plumb bobs · alternative plumb-bob
- A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鉛錘 /铅锤
- 鉛錘 /铅锤 (qiānchuí)metal weight
Finnish luoti
- luotimetal weight
French plomb
- plombmetal weight
Greek βολίδα
- βολίδα (volída)metal weight
Hungarian függőón
- függőónmetal weight
Irish puntán
- puntánmetal weight
Russian грузик отвеса
- грузик отвеса (gruzik otvesa)metal weight
Spanish peso de la plomada
- peso de la plomadametal weight
Swedish lod, tyngd
- lodmetal weight
- tyngdmetal weight
- blytyngdmetal weight
Tagalog patitis
- patitismetal weight
Cite this entry
APA
plumb bob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumb%20bob
MLA
“plumb bob.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumb%20bob. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plumb bob,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumb%20bob.
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