'Plank' definitions:
Definition of 'plank'
(from WordNet)
noun
A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank]
noun
An endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
verb
Cover with planks; "The streets were planked" [syn: plank, plank over]
verb
Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump]
verb
Cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"
Definition of 'Plank'
From: GCIDE
- Plank \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. [1913 Webster]
- His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 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] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plank'
From: GCIDE
- Plank \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. [1913 Webster]
- Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plank'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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