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plank

/ˈplæŋk/ nom B2

En français : gainage, planche

  1. 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. An object made of planks; planking.
  3. 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.
  4. Physical exercise in which one holds a position (usually with a flat back, like a plank) for a measured length of time.
  5. 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. (figuratively) · Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  6. That which supports or upholds.

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The girl drew a key from her pocket, and the heavy oaken planks creaked upon their old hinges.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 62 · B2
Presently we heard the sound of sliding boards, and an instant later a square had opened in the planks.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 91 · B2
It was like the sound which a mouse makes when it is gnawing a plank, and I lay listening to it for some time under the impression that it must come from that cause.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 84 · B2
We shuffled cautiously towards it, trying every plank before we dared to put our whole weight upon it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 115 · C1

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