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The correct spelling is planks.
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noun
Say it like: Pla-nks
The correct spelling is planks. A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. For example: "Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries."
Usage Examples
“Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.”
“to plank a floor or a ship”
“to plank money in a wager”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- 2.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.
- 3.Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
- 4.A stupid person, idiot.
- 5.That which supports or upholds.
verb
- 1.To cover something with planking.
- 2.To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- 3.To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- 4.To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- 5.To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
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