PLANK
Dictionary entry overview: What does plank mean?
• PLANK (noun)
The noun PLANK has 2 senses:
1. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
2. an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
Familiarity information: PLANK used as a noun is rare.
• PLANK (verb)
The verb PLANK has 3 senses:
1. cover with planks
2. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
3. cook and serve on a plank
Familiarity information: PLANK used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PLANK (noun)
Meaning:
A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
plank; board
Hypernyms ("plank" is a kind of...):
lumber; timber (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)
Meronyms (parts of "plank"):
knot (a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged)
knothole (a hole in a board where a knot came out)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plank"):
matchboard (a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor))
skid (one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects)
strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)
chipboard; hardboard (a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin)
deal (a plank of softwood (fir or pine board))
Meaning:
An endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("plank" is a kind of...):
policy (a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government)
Holonyms ("plank" is a part of...):
platform; political platform; political program; program (a document stating the aims and principles of a political party)
• PLANK (verb)
Meaning:
Cover with planks
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
plank; plank over
Context example:
The streets were planked
Hypernyms (to "plank" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
plonk; plunk down; flump; plump; plump down; plunk; plank; plop
Context examples:
He planked the money on the table / He planked himself into the sofa
Hypernyms (to "plank" is one way to...):
place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Cook and serve on a plank
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context examples:
Planked vegetable / Planked shad
Hypernyms (to "plank" is one way to...):
dish; dish out; dish up; serve; serve up (provide (usually but not necessarily food))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
