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Meanings of plank in English

Russian
планка
Spanish
plank
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Isometric strength exercise.

        Related terms
        планка
        Portuguese
        prancha
        Catalan
        post
        Spanish
        tabla

        A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.

              prancha
              Catalan
              empostar

              Cover with planks.

                    empostar

                    Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.

                        Usage of plank in English
                        1
                        It is also the main plank of the health service reform programme.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        The 'Golden Grid' is a leading plank in the latest price spike.
                        News.com.au
                        3
                        The noise of the falling plank had almost certainly given them away.
                        Inferno
                        4
                        More than thirty miles of plank-road is already constructed in the county.
                        Roughing It in the Bush
                        5
                        Better be killed in hot blood than walk the plank in cold.
                        Hard Cash
                        6
                        Reps: Most climbers can hold the plank for up to three minutes.
                        Rock and Ice Magazine
                        7
                        They crossed the plank and wandered arm in arm along the shore.
                        Peggy-Alone
                        8
                        But nothing happened; the cows obstinately refused to step down the plank.
                        The French Twins
                        9
                        Serve the food from the plank, dividing it into portions as necessary.
                        Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
                        10
                        Margaret removed her shoe, carefully placing her right foot on the plank.
                        Hiding the Elephant
                        11
                        An iron plank was extended over the side of the prisoners' skiff.
                        Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
                        12
                        In a word I stood unflinchingly on the plank of popular representation.
                        Fifty-One Tales
                        13
                        Mr Verloc heard the creaky plank in the floor, and was content.
                        The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
                        14
                        Has anybody walked the plank from this company for this appalling investment?
                        The Irish Times
                        15
                        Geoffrey pulled in the plank alone, and started for the eighth canal.
                        The King's Men: A Tale of To-morrow
                        16
                        And she ran up the gang-plank and called to the lonely Weathercock:
                        The Cruise of the Noah's Ark
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                        Translations for plank
                        Portuguese
                        pranchatábua
                        Plank through the time
                        Plank across language varieties
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                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common