English dictionary
plum
/pl/@/m/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
Synonyms plum treeSource: WordNet 3.0
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any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a highly desirable position or assignment
ExamplesA political plum.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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The edible drupaceous fruit of the <i>Prunus domestica</i>, and of several other species of <i>Prunus</i>; also, the tree itself, usually called <i>plum tree</i>.
Source: webster1913
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Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.
Source: webster1913
adverb
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exactly
ExamplesFell plumb in the middle of the puddle.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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completely; used as intensifiers
ExamplesI'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out.
Source: WordNet 3.0