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plankways

plankways is the plural of plankway.

plankways is the alternative form of plankwise.

Meaning of plankway

Noun

plankway (plural plankways)

  1. A walkway consisting of a series of planks.
    • Unlike other farms, theirs exists in a dim, tidal underworld: barnacle- and starfish-covered pilings hold up a few narrow wooden plankways for the abalone harvesters.2009 August 2, Christine Muhlke, “Kelp Wanted”, in New York Times

Meaning of plankwise

Adverb

plankwise (not comparable)

  1. Across the grain, not parallel to it.

Questions about plankways

What is plankways the plural of?
Plankways is the plural of plankway.

Words near plankways in the dictionary

  1. planktotroph
  2. planktotrophic
  3. planktotrophs
  4. planktotrophy
  5. plankway
  6. plankways
  7. plankwise
  8. planky
  9. planless
  10. planlessly
  11. planlessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plankways (page history and authors); plankway (page history and authors); plankwise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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