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plank

/ˈplæŋk/noun, verb1 syllable

Plank means: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.

Synonyms for plank9

noun, as in a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

board

verb, as in set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump

verb, as in cover with planks

plank over

What does plank mean?5

verb

1

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise“He planked the money on the table”

2

cover with planks“The streets were planked”

3

cook and serve on a plank“Planked vegetable”

noun

1

a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

2

an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with plank?18

one syllable

thankbankfranktankrankblankdrankhankpranksankflankcrankblancdankfrancspankshankyank
Show 40 near rhymes
thatashaveatancanhashadthanbacklastmanambadblackthanksfacthalfhandunderstandyeahclasspastaskactaskedplanchancelandalhandsstandtaxfastmatchaddattackdamnperhapsstaff

Plank in a sentence

  • Basically, a trestle table is a plank set on two trestles.rul
  • The mutineer was made to walk the plank.darinmex
  • A heavy load is causing the plank to sag in the middle.Jesse
  • Sami found the wood plank in the attic.OsoHombre
  • Sami put the plank back exactly where he found it.OsoHombre
  • Politics is the drilling of very thick planks.niceguydave
  • He is as thick as two short planks.sundown
  • Use the planks of the raft to increase the fire.mutskt

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Forms of plank

as a noun

plural
planks

as a verb

past tense
planked
present participle
planking
third-person singular
planks
past participle
planked