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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plank /plæŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildinga long, flat piece of wood, thicker than a board:They used a couple of planks to walk across the trench.
- Governmentany of the principles or aims that make up the platform of a political party:the anti-abortion plank of the Republican party's platform.
v. [~ + object] - Buildingto cover or provide with planks.
- Foodto bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, etc.) on a wooden board:planked codfish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plank (plangk),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- Buildinglumber in such pieces;
planking. - something to stand on or to cling to for support.
- Governmentany 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.
- walk the plank:
- Idiomsto 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.
- Idiomsto relinquish something, as a position, office, etc., under compulsion:We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash.
v.t. - Buildingto lay, cover, or furnish with planks.
- to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board.
- plunk (def. 2).
- Latin planca board, plank. See planch
- Old North French
- Middle English planke 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plank /plæŋk/ n - a stout length of sawn timber
- something that supports or sustains
- one of the policies in a political party's programme
- walk the plank ⇒ 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
- Brit slang a stupid person; idiot
vb (transitive)- to cover or provide (an area) with planks
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norman French planke, from Late Latin planca board, from plancus flat-footed; probably related to Greek plax flat surface |