- 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
- an exercise in which you lie on your stomach and raise your body off the ground by pressing down on your hands until your arms are straight and then hold that position for a fixed period of time
- I do exercises to strengthen my stomach muscles, like push-ups and planks.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French planke, from late Latin planca ‘board’, feminine (used as a noun) of plancus ‘flat-footed’.
Idioms
See plank in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(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
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