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Plank is an English word with synonyms like board or plump. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Plank meaning

  1. A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
  2. 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.
  3. Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.

Synonyms of Plank

board set down plump plunk down plump down plunk plop plonk flump cover plank over policy timber lumber put down

Related words

Other words often associated with Plank or its synonyms:

drop land noise set pose lay place put position fell descend hitting

Using Plank

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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 time.
  • Useful related words include: board, set down, plump, plunk down.
  • In the example corpus, plank often appears in combinations such as: plank of, the plank, key plank.

Context around Plank

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

wooden 3× high 2× rebuilt 1× strength 1× except 1× finished 1× doors 1× adrian 1× willow 1× education 1×

Often after:

challenge 1× must 1× laughed 1× violations 1× position 1× french 1×

Sentence patterns with Plank

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a central plank of erdoğan 1× a high plank position with 1× a wooden plank 1× adrian plank and kathy 1× and rebuilt plank by plank 1× assumed that plank must have 1× batten doors plank and batten 1× broken wooden plank 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a senior aap 1× a vast and 1× adrian plank and 1× alina maranescu putting 1× andrew hague 31 1× archaeologists also found 1×

Common sentence endings:

000 years ago 1× a wooden plank 1× are pretty flawless 1× broken wooden plank 1× door s width 1× exchange gift card 1×

Words around Plank

Just before it in the word index:

planitiae 2 planitia 3 planisphere 4 planing 22 planifolia 6 planica 3

Just after it in the word index:

planked 7 plankers 2 planking 18 plankinton 10 planks 110 planktivorous 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

alvin 287 broaden 287 climbers 287 duplicate 287 eritrea 287 esteemed 287

Corpus analysis for Plank

  • In this selection, "plank" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wooden, high, rebuilt, challenge, must and laughed stand out and add context to how "plank" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a central plank of erdoğan and a high plank position with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "plank" sits close to words such as alvin, broaden and climbers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with plank

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Taken apart and rebuilt, plank by plank. (7 words)

Fly down to the wooden plank and get the Dendroculus. (10 words)

Buffy just chucks him through a skylight and onto a broken wooden plank. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Plank and batten doors Plank and batten doors are an older design consisting primarily of vertical slats: * Planks – Vertical boards that extend the full height of the door, and are placed side by side filling the door's width. (39 words)

Test Your Strength Plank Challenge—Share a photos or video performing a plank on the exchanges' and the commissary's special social media event pages beginning for a chance to win an exchange gift card. (35 words)

Andrew Hague, 31, murdered Simon Wilkinson, 50, in a “brutal” attack with a bag containing metal tins of the trading cards, and a number of other weapons, including a wooden plank. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

Taken apart and rebuilt, plank by plank.

Test Your Strength Plank Challenge—Share a photos or video performing a plank on the exchanges' and the commissary's special social media event pages beginning for a chance to win an exchange gift card.

He assumed that Plank must have been jealous of his relationship and that’s why he struck down her proposal except Plank laughed that off.

Each plank was hewn from an oak tree so that the finished plank was about convert thick and tapered along each edge to a thickness of about convert.

Plank and batten doors Plank and batten doors are an older design consisting primarily of vertical slats: * Planks – Vertical boards that extend the full height of the door, and are placed side by side filling the door's width.

Adrian Plank and Kathy Steinhoff (D-Columbia) were sworn-in on Wednesday, as was newly-elected State Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit).

Alina Maranescu putting a plank of wood against her flat door to keep her secure.

Andrew Hague, 31, murdered Simon Wilkinson, 50, in a “brutal” attack with a bag containing metal tins of the trading cards, and a number of other weapons, including a wooden plank.

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Archaeologists also found a very ancient polished wooden willow plank in northern Israel - dated to around 750,000 years ago.

A senior AAP member said that the education plank is not going to be its only one.

As noted at the end of the Technical Delegate’s Report, the only violations were the plank violations found on Hamilton and Leclerc.

As you get more comfortable with the move, hold your plank for as long as possible without compromising your form or breath.

As you push back up, make sure you keep a straight line and exhale fully when your arms are straight and you reach high plank.

A vast and rapid reconstruction plan that would reshape much of the country’s south destroyed during recent earthquakes formed a central plank of Erdoğan’s campaign for re-election.

Begin in a high plank position, with elbows flat on the ground and with the kettlebell outside your left hand.

Buffy just chucks him through a skylight and onto a broken wooden plank.

Each room touts ten-foot ceilings over wide plank French oak hardwood floors.

Fly down to the wooden plank and get the Dendroculus.

Instead of painstakingly painting each plank of wood you can literally sweep the paint on, and the results are pretty flawless.

It then takes a further 20 hours to make the plank the right shape and fasten it to the ship.

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Common combinations with plank

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "plank" in a sentence?
An example: "Taken apart and rebuilt, plank by plank." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "plank" from authentic English texts.
What does "plank" mean?
Plank means: A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
What are synonyms of "plank"?
Common synonyms of "plank" include: board, set down, plump, plunk down, plump down, plunk, plop, plonk. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "plank" are there?
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