- a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- lumber in such pieces; planking.
- something to stand on or to cling to for support.
- any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election: They fought for a plank supporting a nuclear freeze.
- to lay, cover, or furnish with planks.
- to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board.
- plunk (def. 2).
- walk the plank,
- to be forced, as by pirates, to walk to one's death by stepping off a plank extending from the ship's side over the water.
- to relinquish something, as a position, office, etc., under compulsion: We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash.
- a stout length of sawn timber
- something that supports or sustains
- one of the policies in a political party's programme
- to be forced by pirates to walk to one's death off the end of a plank jutting out over the water from the side of a ship
- a stupid person; idiot
- to cover or provide (an area) with planks
- to beat (meat) to make it tender
- to cook or serve (meat or fish) on a special wooden board
- to hide; cache
