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plank

plank

61 1.7
A long flat piece of wood used in building, like a floor or step
  • noun
  • /plæŋk/
: tablón
  • Big oak planks, and that's what's going in our bedroom.
  • wooden plank
  • plank of wood
  • plank of timber

I might just need, you know, planks, nails, handsaw, right.

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Examples

  • To build a deck, we used several large planks of pressure-treated wood.

  • A room about the size was the band room with a big old wide plank floor, like a farmhouse floor.

  • I have made a wooden plank of a tree.

  • Should I put a plank connecting the two of them and roll it down?

  • I got a plank, eight feet long, eight inches wide, held it a short time, thinking what was best to do.

    Remember the Sultana (2015)

  • I finished laying a plank floor for my tent.

    The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

  • At one end of the room were some planks of aged pine set on sawhorses.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • At least the floor had received some attention: the planks still had that new greenish tint.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The house had unpainted wooden-plank shutters shut; the plank door with a rope handle was shut too.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The carpenter selected a sturdy plank to use as the framework for the new shelf.

Synonyms

board
vsplank
366 1.0

A long flat piece of wood used for building or making furniture

is usually wider and sturdier meant mainly for building structure
two-by-four
vsplank
  • Specialized
11 3.1

A piece of wood about two inches by four inches used for building

is a broader typically wider sawn timber used generally in building
deal
vsplank
  • Archaic
1 7.8

A board of soft wood used in building

is a generally wider sturdier sawn timber used in building

Compounds

plank-bed
  • Archaic
1 9.1

A simple bed made of wooden boards with no mattress

garboard plank
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A piece of wood placed next to the keel on each side of a wooden ship's hull

How Big

beam
78 2.7
plank
61 1.7
board
366 1.0
slat
15 4.0

Surface Forms

plank singular
planks plural

Etymology

Plank originally meant a 'flat board' of wood used in building, coming from an old word for a board, so its basic meaning today is still a long, flat, strong piece of wood used in construction.