Plank

What do we mean by plank?

A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board. noun

Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking. noun

A foundation; a support. noun

One of the articles of a political platform. noun

To furnish or cover with planks. transitive verb

To bake or broil and serve (fish or meat) on a plank. transitive verb

To put or set down emphatically or with force. transitive verb

To cover or lay with planks: as, to plank a floor.

To lay or place as on a plank or table: as, he planked down the money.

In hat-manuf., to harden by felting. See planking

To unite, as slivers of wool, to form roving.

To split, as fish, and cook upon a board. See the quotation.

A piece of timber differing from a board in having greater thickness; also, loosely, a board. See board. noun

A slab (of stone). noun

In a printing-press, the frame on which the carriage slides. noun

In ribbon-weaving, the batten of the Dutch engine-loom or swivel-loom. noun

Figuratively, one of the articles or paragraphs formulating distinct principles which form the program or platform of a political or other party (the word platform being taken in a double sense). noun

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See board. 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.

Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.

A stupid person, idiot.

That which supports or upholds.

Words that are spelled similarly to plank:
plank, plant, plan, plane, blank, flank, prank, plunk, lank, plonk, plink, clank, plans, plack, planck, plano, slank, plana, pank, plani, plak, klank, plan-, plang, planu.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word plank:
planks, flooring, hoboken, turnpike, road, demonstration, stony, toll, siding, bergen, roads, platform, chartered, wood, guru, newark, confederate, lumber, cluster, railroad, bottom, brigadier, albany, log, wooden, hamlet, mills, oak, delegates, hudson, gen, bridge, roof, deep, raid, milwaukee, creek, thick, pirates, door, walk, explosion, ferry, frame, walls, connecting, boards, timber, bridges, corps, floor, trail, route, richmond, jersey, convention.

Words that rhyme with plank:
bank, rank, tank, blank, flank, frank, crank, dank, prank, shank, thank, yank, franc, blanc, spank, skank, lank, swank, hank, banc, crookshank, stank, drank, clank, outflank, riverbank, think tank, shrank, sank, gangplank, franck, brank, planck, piggy bank, slank, trank, manche, burbank, cloud bank, antitank, banque, chank, interbank, blood bank, leblanc, schrank, planche, fish tank, janke, mont blanc, food bank, bundesbank, jahnke, draw a blank, septic tank, mank, central bank, sauvignon blanc, left bank, federal reserve bank, montblanc, commercial bank, water tank, cruickshank, national bank, nonbank, pinot blanc, ranke, gas tank, schank, west bank, savings bank, citibank, merchant bank, state bank, coin bank, zank, coin blank, reserve bank, world bank, agent bank, blanke, franke, member bank, mutual savings bank, banke, industrial bank, storage tank, flag rank, military rank, army tank, sperm bank, francke, penny bank, right bank, full service bank, burkina faso franc, cruikshank, hanke, lead bank.

Adjectives that are often used to describe plank:
wooden, main, central, inch, single, major, narrow, long, civil, heavy, last, strong, thick, second, important, loose, wide, thin, bottom, key, rough, rotten, broad, chief, third, democratic, republican, foot, principal, foreign, solid, short, top, stout, broken, financial, inclined, horizontal, hard, upper, flat, wet, dry, fundamental, smooth, wrest, uniform, essential, vertical, soft, fourth, bare, concrete, fatal, sound, scaffold, outside, silver, slippery, stronger, straight, outer, weak, gay, centre, prominent, front, antitrust.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective plank:
roads, floors, bridge, road, floor, platform, beam, equation, frame, houses, flooring, beds, institut, boats, bridges, table, work, bed, construction, walls, house, fence, door, drag, shear, boat, figures, canoe, sidewalk, canoes, deck, tables, ton, tun, crossing, buttresses, program, siding, type, impressions, wall, instituts, doors, tuhn, rot, institute, walks, platforms, desk, roof, porch, sidewalks, building, making, walking, dam, benches, wood, timber, keckle, walk, built, structures, framed, kolmogorov, bookshelves, equations, strip, sheer, statement, walkway, face, roasted, nose, punt, rope, keel, footbridge, rychlo, roadway, colossus, grooves, ends, owners, board, hogan, variety, ceiling, shelf, boardwalk, buildings, inst, curve.

Consonant match to plank:
plunk, plonk, plink, planck, planche.

Words that sound like plank:
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