plume

About 1.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
2. noun A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
3. noun A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
4. noun The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
5. noun Ellipsis of plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”).
6. noun Things resembling a feather. A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

   After the explosion, a plume of smoke could be seen in the sky for miles around.

7. noun A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.

   After the explosion, a plume of smoke could be seen in the sky for miles around.

8. noun An upward spray of mist or water.

Similar words

plumage feather fleece preen dress soak hook pluck primp rob

Often followed by

of and is in was rise from themselves on

Word family

plumed plumes pluming