plank
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1.7
- 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.
- I might just need, you know, planks, nails, handsaw, right.
- I might just need, you know, planks, nails and saw, right?
- And Marshley's boats are actually planks sewn together.
- You can see the grain in all of the different planks.
- Your dog is built like a fucking plank of wood.
- The room rang cavernous and noisy, even with most of the long wood plank tables emptying.
- Look at that, finally, all three together on one-on-one rustic plank.
Examples
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To build a deck, we used several large planks of pressure-treated wood.
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A room about the size was the band room with a big old wide plank floor, like a farmhouse floor.
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I have made a wooden plank of a tree.
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Should I put a plank connecting the two of them and roll it down?
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I got a plank, eight feet long, eight inches wide, held it a short time, thinking what was best to do.
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I finished laying a plank floor for my tent.
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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
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1.0
A long flat piece of wood used for building or making furniture
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7.8
A board of soft wood used in building
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3.1
A piece of wood about two inches by four inches used for building
Compounds
- Specialized
A piece of wood placed next to the keel on each side of a wooden ship's hull
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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.