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How to pronounce plank in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms plank over
Type of cover
Derivation planking


The streets were planked.
Type Words
Synonyms flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down
Type of put down, set down, place down


He planked the money on the table.
He planked himself into the sofa.
Type Words
Synonyms board
Type of lumber, timber
Has types chipboard, deal, hardboard, matchboard, skid, strake, wale
Type Words
Type of policy
Type Words
Type of dish out, dish up, serve up, dish, serve

Examples of plank

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The THINK conference is a key plank in IBM's ongoing centennial year observance.
From the forbes.com
It would enact a key plank of first lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign.
From the sfgate.com
The popular dunk tank will be back, with local good sports sitting on the plank.
From the tennessean.com
Tonight's pick is cedar plank salmon, which I usually get from the grocery deli.
From the sltrib.com
Plank didn't give details yesterday about what sites his company is considering.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Heaters installed in the plank ceiling keep the couple warm during cool weather.
From the ocregister.com
Acton Beale died in a fall from an apartment building while attempting to plank.
From the couriermail.com.au
Slowly release and repeat until you start to lose control of the plank position.
From the signonsandiego.com
Providing adequate power was a key plank of the government's election platform.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Board: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
  • Cover with planks; "The streets were planked"
  • An endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
  • 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"
  • Cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"
  • This is a description of the twelve recurring fictional characters from the Cartoon Network animated television series Ed, Edd n Eddy. The show revolves around three main characters (Ed, Edd, and Eddy), usually referred to as "the Eds". ...
  • The plank, also called a prone hold, is an isometric exercise for the core. It is performed by lying on your stomach and lifting your body by keeping your toes and forearms on the ground. The objective of the exercise is to hold this position without movement for as long as possible.
  • The Plank is a popular 30-minute, 1979 British slapstick comedy, which was a remake of an earlier 1967 version of the film which was written and directed by Eric Sykes. ...
  • A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick; 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; Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of ...