Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pluhm]
- /plʌm/
- /plʌm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pluhm]
- /plʌm/
Definitions of plum word
- noun plum a city in SW Pennsylvania. 1
- adjective plum extremely desirable, rewarding, profitable, or the like: a plum job in the foreign service. 1
- noun plum type of fruit 1
- noun plum flavoured with plum 1
- adjective plum good, easy 1
- abbreviation PLUM purple 1
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Origin of plum
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English plūme (cognate with German Pflaume) ≪ Greek proûmnon plum, proúmnē plum tree; cf. prune1
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Parts of speech for Plum
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
plum popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
plum usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plum
noun plum
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- brass ring — great success or a highly valued prize; also, an opportunity for this
- bullion — Bullion is gold or silver, usually in the form of bars.
- carrot — Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
- collectible — that can be collected
adj plum
- cushy — A cushy job or situation is pleasant because it does not involve much work or effort.
- lilac — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- mauve — a pale bluish purple.
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