Plank Definition

plăngk
planks
noun
planks
A long, broad, thick board.
Webster's New World
Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Something that supports or sustains.
Webster's New World
Any of the articles or principles making up the platform or stated program of a political party.
Webster's New World
verb
planks
To cover, lay, or furnish with planks.
Webster's New World
To broil and serve (steak, fish, etc.) on a board or wooden platter.
Webster's New World
To lay or set (down) with force or emphasis.
Webster's New World
To pay.
Webster's New World

To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
walk the plank
  • to walk to one's death blindfolded and manacled off a plank projecting from the side of a ship, as the victims of pirates were sometimes forced to do
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Plank

Noun

Singular:
plank
Plural:
planks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Plank

Origin of Plank

  • From Anglo-Norman planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Late Latin planca, probably from *palanca (ultimately from Latin phalanga) possibly through the influence of planus. Cf. also the doublet planch, borrowed later from Middle French.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old North French planke from Late Latin planca from plancus flat plāk-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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