plum

Meaning of plum

noun
  1. an oval fleshy fruit which is purple, reddish, or yellow when ripe and contains a flattish pointed stone.
  2. the deciduous tree which bears plums.
  3. a reddish-purple colour.
    a pure silk shirt in shades of cream and soft plum
    rosy pinks, rich coppers, and deep plums are the big fashion news
    a plum blazer
  4. a thing, typically a job, considered to be highly desirable.
    he landed a plum assistant producer's job
adverb
  1. variant spelling of plumb1.
    the helicopter crashed plum on the cabins

Old English plūme, from medieval Latin pruna, from Latin prunum (see prune1).

Information about plum

  • The plural form of plum is: plums.
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Hyphenation of plum

plum

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • plum is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

plum synonyms

Meaning plumb:

plumb

Meaning clean:

clean, plumb

Meaning extremely good; outstanding:

excellent

Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:

wonderful

Meaning causing great wonder; extraordinary:

marvellous

Meaning an act of choosing between two or more possibilities:

choice

Meaning that which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable:

best

Meaning a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or in recognition of an outstanding achievement:

prize

Meaning an important or distinguished person:

great

Meaning of great size, amount, or intensity:

terrific

Meaning (of a job or situation) undemanding, easy, or secure:

cushy

Meaning resembling a plum:

plummy

Translation of plum

Anagrams of plum

lump, pulm

Words that rhyme with plum

peplum, replum, triplum, exemplum, simplum, templum, cocoplum, sugarplum

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