plank
noun /plæŋk/
/plæŋk/
Idioms - a long narrow flat piece of wood that is used for making floors, etc.
- a plank of wood
- a wooden plank
Extra Examples- The bridge was made of planks held together with rope.
- The man was nailing down a loose plank.
- The timber was sawn down for planks.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
- loose
- rotten
- …
- a plank of wood
- a main point in the policy of an organization, especially a political party
- The central plank of the bill was rural development.
Extra Examples- the main plank of the strategy
- The proposed law was a central plank in the manifesto.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- key
- main
- …
- plank in
- plank of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French planke, from late Latin planca ‘board’, feminine (used as a noun) of plancus ‘flat-footed’.
Idioms
(as) thick as two short planks
- (British English, informal) (of a person) very stupidMore Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms
- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
walk the plank
- (in the past) to walk along a board placed over the side of a ship and fall into the sea, as a punishment