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plimsoll

plim·soll
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [plim-suh l, -sohl]
    • /ˈplɪm səl, -soʊl/
    • /ˈplɪm.səl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [plim-suh l, -sohl]
    • /ˈplɪm səl, -soʊl/

Definitions of plimsoll word

  • noun plimsoll load-line mark. 1
  • noun plimsoll sports shoe 1
  • countable noun plimsoll Plimsolls are canvas shoes with flat rubber soles. People wear plimsolls for sports and leisure activities. 0
  • noun plimsoll a light rubber-soled canvas shoe worn for various sports 0
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Origin of plimsoll

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; perhaps so called from fancied resemblance of the sole to a Plimsoll mark

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Parts of speech for Plimsoll

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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plimsoll popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • plimsoll mark

    load-line mark.

  • plimsoll line

    load line (def 1).

  • freeboard deck

    (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.

  • load line

    Also called Plimsoll line. any of various lines marked on the sides of a cargo vessel to indicate the depth to which a vessel may be immersed under certain conditions. Compare freeboard (def 1a).

  • load-line mark

    any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.

  • water line

    Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
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