ADJ
timber, wooden | loose | rotten
PHRASES
a plank of wood
noun
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
When Mr. Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think long and hard before supporting it.
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
A stupid person, idiot.
That which supports or upholds.
His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
verb
To cover something with planking.
to plank a floor or a ship
Plank'd with pine.
To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
to plank money in a wager
Joe planked the money down in the officer of a newspaper editor and awaited results. There weren't any.
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
name
A surname.
On an early naval vessel or pirate ship: to be forced to walk off the end of a gangplank (a plank of wood extending outwards from the side of the vessel) and plunge into the ocean and drown, used as a method of killing.
Walking the Plank. A mode of deſtroying devoted perſons or officers in a mutiny on ſhip-board, by blindfolding them, and obliging them to walk on a plank laid over the ſhip's ſide;
Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
WiktionaryWhen Mr. Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think l
WiktionaryIn the 1970s, a group of ideologically inspired economists captured the ears and minds of politicians. The central plank of their ‘neo-liberal’ model was that growth and development depended on market
Wiktionaryto plank a floor or a ship
WiktionaryPlank'd with pine.
WiktionaryAlong the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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