About The Word Plank

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Plank

Plank Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Plank?
[n] an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
[n] a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [v] cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad" [v] cover with planks, as of a wall or a floor; "The streets were planked" [v] set (something or oneself) down; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" Synonyms | Synonyms for Plank: board | flump | plank over | plonk | plop | plump | plump down | plunk | plunk down Related Terms | Find terms related to Plank: adhesive tape | band | bandage | batten | beam | belt | billet | board | boarding | brick | cast | cellophane tape | chuck | clap | clapboard | cloth tape | coat | coating | collop | cord | cordwood | covering | cut | deal | declaration of policy | disk | driftwood | face | fascia | feuille | fillet | film | firewood | flap | fling | foil | fold | friction tape | girdle | glass | glaze | hardwood | hurl | issue | keynote address | keynote speech | lamella | lamina | laminated glass | laminated wood | lap | lath | lathing | lathwork | leaf | ligula | ligule | list | log | lumber | masking tape | membrane | Mystik tape | pane | panel | panelboard | paneling | panelwork | paper | party platform | patina | peel | pellicle | plait | planking | plastic tape | plate | platform | plating | plop | plump | plunk | ply | plyboard | plywood | pole | post | program | puncheon | rasher | revet | ribband | ribbon | safety glass | Scotch tape | scum | shake | sheathe | sheathing | sheathing board | sheet | sheeting | shingle | shred | sideboard | siding | skin | slab | slap | slat | slate | slice | slip | softwood | spill | splat | spline | stave | stick | stick of wood | stone | stovewood | strake | strap | strip | strop | table | tablet | taenia | tape | tape measure | tapeline | thatch | three-by-four | throw | thrust | ticker tape | tile | timber | timbering | timberwork | toss | two-by-four | veneer | wafer | wall in | wall up | wallpaper | weatherboard | wood See Also | chipboard | cover | deal | dish | dish out | dish up | hardboard | knot | knothole | lumber | matchboard | place down | platform | policy | political platform | political program | program | put down | serve | serve up | set down | skid | strake | timber | wale Plank In Webster's Dictionary \Plank\, n. [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche,
fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. ?, ?, anything flat and broad. Cf.
{Planch}.]
1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only
in being thicker. See {Board}.
2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a
swimmer.
His charity is a better plank than the faith of an
intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey.
3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the
principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the
national platform. [Cant]
{Plank road}, or {Plank way}, a road surface formed of
planks. [U.S.]
{To walk the plank}, to walk along a plank laid across the
bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls
into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives
practiced by pirates.
\Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planking}.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. ``Planked with pine.'' --Dryden. 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. |
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