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.
Definitions
- noun. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
- noun. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
- noun. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
- transitive verb. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
- transitive verb. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
- transitive verb. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- transitive verb. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- noun. an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
- noun. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- verb. cook and serve on a plank
"Planked vegetable"
"Planked shad"
- verb. cover with planks
"The streets were planked"
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
board, flump, plonk, plop, plump, plunk
Common word forms
planks, planked, planker, planking, plankless
Words from these letters
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