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Planks

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

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📖 Definitions of "Planks"

noun

1
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
2
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.
"Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries."
3
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
4
A stupid person, idiot.

verb

1
To cover something with planking.
"to plank a floor or a ship"
2
To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
3
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
"to plank money in a wager"
4
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Planks"

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boardnoun	A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
plopnoun	(countable) A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
plump downverb	(intransitive) To sit down heavily in a seat.
plonknoun	(uncountable, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.
plunknoun	A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
flumpnoun	An instance of the dull sound so produced.
plumpnoun	The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
plank oververb	cover with planks
plunk downverb	set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
axesnoun	A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
axlesnoun	The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
bedsnoun	(UK, in postal addresses) Abbreviation of Bedfordshire. [A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.]
boardsnoun	(informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
chartsnoun	A map.
floggingsnoun	Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
floorboardsnoun	Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
ingotsnoun	A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
ironsnoun	(equestrianism) The stirrups.
linesnoun	(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
panelsnoun	A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.