The Only Use of
plummet
in
The Phantom Tollbooth
- The road, finally making up its mind, plummeted down, as if anxious to renew acquaintance with the sparkling blue stream that flowed below.†
p. 132.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(plummet) fall or decrease suddenly
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, plummet can reference the metal weight of a plumb line. (A plumb line is a cord from which a metal weight is suspended to indicate a straight line downward, or to measure depth.)