Plank

Quick meaning: Plank is a noun meaning A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

Meaning

A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

More Meanings

1. Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
2. (British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
3. That which supports or upholds.
4. (transitive) To cover something with planking.
5. (transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
6. (transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
7. (figurative) 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.

Example Sentences

Plank'd with pine.

to plank a floor or a ship

His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.

Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Word Forms

• planks
• planking
• planked

Synonyms for plank

Depending on context, synonyms include addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include board, plop, plonk, plunk, flump, plump.

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