plank
/ˈplæŋk/ noun B2- 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.
- An object made of planks; planking.
- 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.
- Physical exercise in which one holds a position (usually with a flat back, like a plank) for a measured length of time.
- 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. · Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- That which supports or upholds.
Plural planks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The girl drew a key from her pocket, and the heavy oaken planks creaked upon their old hinges.
Presently we heard the sound of sliding boards, and an instant later a square had opened in the planks.
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.
We shuffled cautiously towards it, trying every plank before we dared to put our whole weight upon it.
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