to plank

Examples

• All

• The vessels built at Key West were designed to travel in the shallow Florida waters and were framed with a local redwood called "maderia" and planked with yellow pine.

  Academic text (1998)

• The alabaster kitchen features marble counters, a subway tile backsplash, and a planked white ceiling.

  Blog text (12)

• Then you fill in, plank over, and roll her off on the flat.

  Airport (1970)

• The attraction features a red-planked walkway of slate-covered hot and cold thermal water pools.

  Blog text (18)

• He'd turned over his skiff to me, one he'd planked not ten feet from our dock.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Her fore and aft decks were planked with a spacious open deck amidships that could be loaded with cargo or livestock.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Ahead, beneath palm thatch shade, stands the framed-out wooden hull of twenty feet; beside it, an upturned new planked dinghy.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Every Friday afternoon, the students filled buckets with soap and water, got down on their hands and knees, and scrubbed the wood-planked classroom floor, the hallways, and staircases, always alert, anticipating motion.

  Fiction book (1996)

• They decided to plank the patio with beautiful oak boards to enhance its appearance.

• After laying down new tiles, they chose to plank the walls with pine wood for a rustic look.

Synonyms

B

to board up

vsto plank

39 3.8

Cover windows or doors with pieces of wood to protect them

is a general act of laying boards not only for security purposes

C

to clapboard

vsto plank

• Specialized

1 7.5

To cover the outside of a building with long thin overlapping wooden boards

uses boards placed side by side rather than overlapping and fits many surfaces

S

to slat

vsto plank

1 7.3

To cover something with thin strips so air or light can pass

uses wider solid boards placed side by side to block passage

P

to plank over

vsto plank

6.5

To cover a surface with wooden boards

is the same action but expressed as a more general verb form

Phrasal Verbs

P

to plank down

1 8.0

To put something down hard, often making a loud sound

P

to plank over

6.5

To cover a surface with wooden boards

Compounds

P

plank-bed

• Archaic

1 9.1

A simple bed made of wooden boards with no mattress

G

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 Covered

to plank

1 6.0

to expose

• NSFW

31 6.1

Surface Forms

Etymology