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plank house

plank house noun: a house build from wooden planks.

Noun

plank house (plural plank houses)

  1. A house build from wooden planks.
    • A little before noon we reached the small plateau of Tjiburong, at the foot of the steeper part of the mountain, where there is a plank-house for the accommodation of travellers. Close by is a picturesque waterfall and a curious cavern, which I had not time to explore.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 180

Forms of plank house

pluralplank houses

Questions about plank house

What does plank house mean?
Plank house means a house build from wooden planks.
What part of speech is plank house?
Plank house is a noun.
What is the plural of plank house?
The plural of plank house is plank houses.

Words near plank house in the dictionary

  1. planitias
  2. plank
  3. plank bed
  4. plank beds
  5. plank down
  6. plank house
  7. plank houses
  8. plank owner
  9. plank owners
  10. plank road
  11. plank roads

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