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plank houses

plank houses is the plural of plank house.

Meaning of plank house

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

Questions about plank houses

What is plank houses the plural of?
Plank houses is the plural of plank house.

Words near plank houses in the dictionary

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

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