1 a cloud of sth that rises and curves upwards in the air:
a plume of smoke * A radioactive plume could reach the city within hours.
2 a large feather:
a black hat with an ostrich plume
3 a group of feathers or long thin pieces of material tied together and often used as a decoration:
The red plume on the horse's head was nodding to the rhythm of its steps.
seealsoNOMDEPLUME
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for plume is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is plume a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, plume is tagged as noun.
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