Planche vs. Plank

Planche and Plank Definitions
Planche
(gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.
Plank
A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board.
Plank
Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.
Plank
A foundation; a support.
Plank
One of the articles of a political platform.
Plank
To furnish or cover with planks
Plank a muddy pathway.
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Plank
To bake or broil and serve (fish or meat) on a plank
"Boards specially made for planking food have grooves ... to hold juices" (Michael Stern).
Plank
To put or set down emphatically or with force.
Plank
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Plank
(figurative) 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.
Plank
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
Plank
A stupid person, idiot.
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Plank
That which supports or upholds.
Plank
(transitive) To cover something with planking.
To plank a floor or a ship
Plank
(transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
Plank
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
To plank money in a wager
Plank
(transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
Plank
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
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Plank
(intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
Plank
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
Plank
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
Plank
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
Plank
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
Plank
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
Plank
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
Plank
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
Plank
A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Plank
An endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
Plank
Cover with planks;
The streets were planked
Plank
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
Plank
Cook and serve on a plank;
Planked vegetable
Planked shad