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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.
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Plank

To furnish or cover with planks
Plank a muddy pathway.

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.
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Plank

Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.

Plank

A stupid person, idiot.

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.

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

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