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plank
[plangk]
noun
a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
lumber in such pieces; planking.
something to stand on or to cling to for support.
any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election.
They fought for a plank supporting a nuclear freeze.
verb (used with object)
to lay, cover, or furnish with planks.
to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board.
plank
1/ æŋ /
noun
a stout length of sawn timber
something that supports or sustains
one of the policies in a political party's programme
to be forced by pirates to walk to one's death off the end of a plank jutting out over the water from the side of a ship
slanga stupid person; idiot
verb
to cover or provide (an area) with planks
to beat (meat) to make it tender
to cook or serve (meat or fish) on a special wooden board
plank
2/ æŋ /
verb
(tr) to hide; cache
Other Word Forms
- plankless adjective
- planklike adjective
- unplanked adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of plank1
Origin of plank2
Idioms and Phrases
walk the plank,
to be forced, as by pirates, to walk to one's death by stepping off a plank extending from the ship's side over the water.
to relinquish something, as a position, office, etc., under compulsion.
We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash.
Example Sentences
A T-Mobile store was boarded up with wood planks, and other storefronts were closed or had their metal gates pulled down.
Just before 9 a.m., two workers from C. Erwin Piper Technical Center carried planks of plywood to City Hall to board up the windows.
Capitol Police officers were attacked by rioters with weapons including metal batons, wooden planks, flagpoles, fire extinguishers and pepper spray.
It is a verbatim echo of a claim Kennedy has made repeatedly, however, mostly as a plank in his anti-vaccination platform.
Two volunteers and the food bank's chef transported the donations off the ship's gang plank on 15 May.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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