1. A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
   "They used a sturdy plank as a makeshift bridge over the stream";
   - board
    
2. A fundamental point or principle
   "Environmental protection was a key plank in the party's election platform"
    
3. [Brit, informal] A person of subnormal intelligence
   "The term 'plank' is now considered offensive and outdated in clinical contexts";
   - idiot, imbecile [informal], moron [informal], changeling [archaic], half-wit [informal], eejit [UK, Ireland, dialect], thickie [Brit, informal], thicko [informal]
    
4. An exercise that involves maintaining a position similar to a push-up
   "She held the plank for two minutes to strengthen her core"

1. Cover with planks
   "The streets were planked";
   - plank over
    
2. [informal] Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
   "He planked the money on the table";
   - flump [informal], plonk [informal], plop, plunk [informal], plump down, plunk down [informal], plump, slap
    
3. [N. Amer] Cook and serve on a plank
   "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"

Derived forms: planked, planking, planks

See also: dolt [informal], dullard, meatball [N. Amer, informal], pillock [Brit, informal], pudden-head [US, informal], pudding head [informal], stupe [N. Amer, informal], stupid [informal], stupid person

Type of: cover, dish, dish out, dish up [informal], lumber, place down, policy, put down, serve, serve up, set down, simple [archaic], simpleton, timber

Part of: platform, political platform, political program, program [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Plank, Kentucky