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plum

Dictionary definition · plum

noun

  1. any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
  2. any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
  3. a highly desirable position or assignment"a political plum"

adverb

  1. exactly"fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
  2. completely; used as intensifiers"clean forgot the appointment"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).