plank /plæŋk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old North French; Origin: planke, from Latin planca, from plancus 'flat']

1. a long narrow piece of wooden board, used especially for making structures to walk on:
a long plank of wood
a bridge made of planks

2. one of the main features or principles of an argument etc ⇒ platform
plank of an argument/policy/campaign etc
the main plank of their argument
a central plank of our policy
a five-plank campaign including raising the minimum wage
⇒ walk the plank at walk¹(13), ⇒ as thick as two short planks at thick¹(7)

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plank
noun
ADJ. timber, wooden | loose | rotten
PHRASES a plank of wood

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plank
plæŋk
See: walk the plank

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