Plum

Pronunciation

• enPR: plÅ­m, IPA: /plÊŒm/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒm
• Homophones: plumb

From Old English plūme, from Proto-Germanic *prūmōn. Cognate with German Pflaume, Dutch pruim. Compare prune

Noun

1. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of , often of a dark red or purple colour.
2. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
3. A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
4. A desirable thing.
5. A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
6. (pejorative) A fool, idiot
7. (slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
8. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of , an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
9. The tree which bears this fruit, Prunus mume.

Synonyms

• (tree) plum tree
• (edible fleshy fruit of Prunus mume) ume

Derived terms

Full definition of plum

Adjective

1. (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
2. (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.

Phonetically based spelling of plumb

Adjective

1. Plumb

Adverb

1. Completely; utterly.You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.

Verb

1. (mining) To plumb.

Anagrams

• lump