1. Noun
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
2. Noun
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
3. Noun
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
4. Verb
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
5. Verb
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
6. Verb
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
7. Verb
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
8. Noun
an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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