- 1a long, narrow, flat piece of wood that is used for making floors, etc. a plank of wood a wooden plank
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- 2a main point in the policy of an organization, especially a political party The central plank of the bill was rural development. Idioms
(in the past) to walk along a board placed over the side of a ship and fall into the ocean, as a punishment
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