planknoun [ C ]
uk/plæŋk/us/plæŋk/plank noun [ C ] (FLAT PIECE)
a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors:
oak/concrete planks
a plank of wood
We used a plank to cross the ditch.
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Building: carpentry & joinery
- beading
- bevel
- bevelled
- cabinetmaker
- carpenter
- fretsaw
- gimlet
- jigsaw
- joinery
- mitre
- mortice
- panel
- plane
- sand
- sandpaper
- sawdust
- season
- shelve
- tenon
- veneer
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plank noun [ C ] (PRINCIPLE)
an important principle on which the activities of a group, especially a political group, are based:
Educational reform was one of the main planks of their election campaign.
The party's policy is based on five central planks.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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plank noun [ C ] (EXERCISE)
an exercise in which you hold your body straight and parallel to the floor while resting on your toes and hands or elbows:
Planks are very good for strengthening your core.