Dictionary Entry
plank
plank is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
- 2noun
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
- 3noun
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
- 4transitive verb
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
- 5transitive verb
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
- 6transitive verb
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- 7transitive verb
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- 8noun
an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
- 9noun
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Synonyms
- 10verb
cook and serve on a plank
"Planked vegetable"
"Planked shad"
- 11verb
cover with planks
"The streets were planked"
- 12verb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
"He planked the money on the table"
"He planked himself into the sofa"
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