Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
plank
IPA transcription: [pl'æŋk]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
board, plank
Meaning:
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
plank, plank_over
Meaning:
cover with planks; "The streets were planked"
Usage examples
"Shall I clamber across, or will you come to the plank above here?"
The Democratic Party made its suffrage plank specific against action by Congress.
They did so. The President chose the plank and his subordinates followed his lead.
"May I go, too?" asked Marie timidly of Father De Smet as he was about to draw in the plank.
They walked in parallel lines, one on each bank of the stream, towards the small plank bridge.
Protected by the President's plank, the Democratic Congress continued to block national suffrage.
We shuffled cautiously towards it, trying every plank before we dared to put our whole weight upon it.
If the Republicans could afford to write a vague and indefinite plank, the President and his party could not.
He could not nearly reach up to the kitchen range, but by putting a wide plank on two chairs he managed very well.
Now their house lay close up against a steep down, and he thought if he laid a plank across to the thatch at the back he'd easily get the cow up.