PLUMB LINE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth’’s center of gravity
   • used to determine the vertical from a given point
   Synonym(s)
   • perpendicular (what does perpendicular mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) plumb line is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cord (what does cord mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • lead line (what does lead line mean?)
   • sounding line (what does sounding line mean?)
   • plumb rule (what does plumb rule mean?)