plank

5 definitions • 8 examples

a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors:

oak/concrete planks

a plank of wood

We used a plank to cross the ditch.

an important principle on which the activities of a group, especially a political group, are based:

Educational reform was one of the main planks of their election campaign.

The party's policy is based on five central planks.

an exercise in which you hold your body straight and parallel to the floor while resting on your toes and hands or elbows:

Planks are very good for strengthening your core.

a long, flat piece of wood or other material, esp. one wide enough and strong enough to walk on:

They walked across the creaky, wooden-plank floor of the old house.

an important principle on which the activities of a political or other group are based:

He prepared the peace plank in the Democrats’ 1864 presidential platform.