plank of wood• Or a plank of wood on polystyreneblock?• I took with me, against my parents' will, a treasuredpossession: a plank of wood.• No handyplanks of wood, no convenientlengths of baler twinekindly left behind by a farmer.• The sixth one was called caterpillar it was two long planks of wood with poles coming out of it.• Inside was a field of mud, planks of woodthrown about.• The second task was to stand on some planks of wood which had been set out in a hexagon.• You can often find a colony by looking under large flatstones, planks of wood or rubblelying on the soil.• It looked like a condemnedstorefront, planks of wood everywhere, but through the corrugated tin door was a party.
plank of an argument/policy/campaign etc• The main plank of a campaign he hopes will overturn the Conservative's slender 1,400 majority in the seat.
Originplank
(1200-1300)Old North Frenchplanke, from Latinplanca, from plancus“flat”