Category: Fruits

The Meaning of the Color Plum Plum is known as: A feminine color. Is purple considered a girl color? Is purple a “girl color” or “boy color?” Purple is traditionally a “girl” color. In fact, women often pick purple as their favorite color while only a tiny percentage of men do. It makes sense then, […]

Burgundy vs Maroon vs Plum So in some ways plum is kind of like the reverse of maroon and burgundy. Whereas those two colors both use red as a base and then differ in the amount of brown or purple that’s mixed in, plum uses purple as a base, and then its various shades differ […]

“Plumb” is what you call a perfectly vertical line. Vertical means up and down. Something that is “plumb” runs perpendicular to the horizon—meaning that when it intersects the horizon, it makes a right (90 degree) angle. You can measure if something is plumb by using a plumb bobplumb bobA plumb bob, plumb bob level, or […]

When you are plumb tuckered out, plumb is used as an intensifier, and tuckered out has been around in American vernacular since at least 1839, when the phrase was published in a newspaper — the Wisconsin Enquirer — “I reckoned to have got to the tavern by sundown, but I haven’t, as I’m prodigiously tuckered […]

Plumb-bob is from 1835. Adj. sense of “perpendicular, vertical” is from mid-15c.; the notion of “exact measurement” led to extended sense of “completely, downright” (1748), sometimes spelled plump or plunk. What does the phrase plum full mean? In summary, here are the most common uses of each: plum refers to a fruit and describes pleasant […]

@Grazi77 you plum is an example of a British “affectionate insults” involving a fruit. “You plum” means you idiot/fool. It’s very informal so only use it friends or even family that’s playful. Don’t say it to your boss for example or someone who’s sensitive. What does calling someone a plum mean? “Plum” as an adjective […]

perfectly vertical. In construction or carpentry, the term plumb refers to a line or feature that is perfectly vertical. In technical design, it represents an imaginary line that runs straight to the center of the earth. Plumb is the counterpart to level, which means to be perfectly horizontal. How do you tell if a wall […]

“Plumb” is what you call a perfectly vertical line. Vertical means up and down. Something that is “plumb” runs perpendicular to the horizon—meaning that when it intersects the horizon, it makes a right (90 degree) angle. You can measure if something is plumb by using a plumb bob or a spirit or laser level. How […]

Try mixing a red, especially quinacridone or alizarin, with black to make a deep red plum color. Add a little bit of blue if the color appears too red. Mix some white into the color to really see what the color looks like. What colors make light plum? Blue and red are essential to creating […]

plum 1An oval fleshy fruit that is purple, reddish, or yellow when ripe and contains a flattish pointed pit. (also plum tree) 3A reddish-purple color. 4 informal usually as modifier A highly desirable attainment, accomplishment, or acquisition, typically a job. Is it plumb or plum? In summary, here are the most common uses of each: […]

Sugar-plum definition Term of endearment; sweetheart, darling. What does it mean to call someone a plum? desirable“Plum” as an adjective means “desirable,” as in “a plum job.” The Dictionary of American Slang says that usage arose around 1825, and may be related to Little Jack Horner and how good and lucky he was to pull […]