plum
(plʌm )
Word forms: plums
1. countable noun
A plum is a small, sweet fruit with a smooth red or yellow skin and a stone in the middle.
Synonyms: prize, find, pick, cream
2. colour
Something that is plum or plum-coloured is a dark reddish-purple colour.
...plum-coloured silk.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A plum job, contract, or role is a very good one that a lot of people would like. [journalism]
Laura landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.
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Idioms:
a plum in your mouth [British]
an upper-class accent
I heard Mr Downer speaking on the radio on the previous day. I was not conscious of the `plum in the mouth', but I was aware of his clear diction.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Translations:
Chinese: 李子
Japanese: プラム
- onerous
- onerous burden
- onerous duty
- onerous regulation
- onerous requirement
- onerous responsibility
- onerous restrictions
- onerous task
- one's
- oneself
- one's heart's desire
- one-shot
- one-sided
- one-sided affair
- one-sided argument
- one-sided conversation
- onesie
- one's pride and joy
- one's salad days
- one's spiritual home
- one step ahead of someone or something
- one-stop
- one swallow doesn't make a summer
- one thing after another
- one thing and another