plank
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Other meanings
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.”
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
Related words
- plankage
- plankboard
- planker
- plankless
- planklike
- plankway
- plankwise
- planky
- replank
- unplank
- Copenhagen plank
- hub plank
Word history
From Ancient Greek "φάλαγξ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “plank” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.