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plank

About 2.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture.
    A dish called "plank salmon" likely includes a salmon filet cooked on a plank.
  2. noun A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture.
    A dish called "plank salmon" likely includes a salmon filet cooked on a plank.
  3. noun An object made of planks; planking.
  4. noun A solid and substantial portion of an ingredient with a flat side, cooked and served whole.
    That dish is served with a plank of cauliflower.
  5. noun Physical exercise in which one holds a position (usually with a flat back, like a plank) for a measured length of time.
  6. noun A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
    Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  7. noun A stupid person, idiot.
  8. noun That which supports or upholds.

Similar words

board plop plump down plonk plunk flump plump plank over plunk down beam

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Word family

planked planking planks

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