Plank

Noun

 * 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.
 * 4)  A stupid person.

Derived terms

 * plank spanker

Verb

 * 1)  To cover something with planking.
 * 2)  To bake (fish) on a piece of cedar lumber.
 * 3)  To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
 * 4) * 2011 May 23, Party finishes up in plonking after attempt at planking in Kingsford, in Herald Sun,
 * The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was.
 * 1) * 2011 May 24, Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world, in ''The Australian,
 * Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.

Adjectives for Plank
grimy; raw; rotting; sturdy; proposed; political; fastened.

Thesaurus
Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, band, bandage, batten, beam, belt, billet, board, boarding, brick, cast, cellophane tape, chuck, clap, clapboard, cloth tape, coat, coating, collop, cord, cordwood, covering, cut, deal, declaration of policy, disk, driftwood, face, fascia, feuille, fillet, film, firewood, flap, fling, foil, fold, friction tape, girdle, glass, glaze, hardwood, hurl, issue, keynote address, keynote speech, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lath, lathing, lathwork, leaf, ligula, ligule, list, log, lumber, masking tape, membrane, pane, panel, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, paper, party platform, patina, peel, pellicle, plait, planking, plastic tape, plate, platform, plating, plop, plump, plunk, ply, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, program, puncheon, rasher, revet, ribband, ribbon, safety glass, scum, shake, sheathe, sheathing, sheathing board, sheet, sheeting, shingle, shred, sideboard, siding, skin, slab, slap, slat, slate, slice, slip, softwood, spill, splat, spline, stave, stick, stick of wood, stone, stovewood, strake, strap, strip, strop, table, tablet, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, thatch, three-by-four, throw, thrust, ticker tape, tile, timber, timbering, timberwork, toss, two-by-four, veneer, wafer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, wood

Etymology
From PIE *(s)plei- "to split", thicker than splinter.

Noun

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 * Japanese: 厚板 (atsuita)
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 * Latvian: dēlis
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 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: programpunkt

Noun

 * 1) a (wooden) plank

Noun

 * 1) a high wooden fence which completely prevents any seeing-through

Compounds

 * bullerplank