plank

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English

Planks (pieces of timber)

Etymology

From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalanx. Compare also the doublet planch, borrowed later from Middle French.

Pronunciation

Noun

plank (plural planks)

  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. (British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
  5. That which supports or upholds.
    • (Can we date this quote by Southey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: plangk

Translations

Verb

plank (third-person singular simple present planks, present participle planking, simple past and past participle planked)

  1. (transitive) To cover something with planking.
    to plank a floor or a ship
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Planked with pine.
  2. (transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
    • 1998, Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)
      Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
    to plank money in a wager
  4. (transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
  5. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
  6. (intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plank, from Middle Dutch planke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Late Latin planca.

Pronunciation

Noun

plank (plural planke, diminutive plankie)

  1. A plank.

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch planke, from Old Dutch *planca, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Late Latin planca.

Pronunciation

Noun

plank f (plural planken, diminutive plankje n)

  1. shelf
  2. (wooden) plank

Derived terms

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

plank n

  1. a high wooden fence which completely prevents any seeing-through

Declension

Declension of plank 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative plank planket plank planken
Genitive planks plankets planks plankens

Compounds

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