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How to use plank in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Plank means a flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture. Example: “A dish called "plank salmon" likely includes a salmon filet cooked on a plank.”

Examples of plank by meaning

nounA flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture.

  • A dish called "plank salmon" likely includes a salmon filet cooked on a plank.

nounA solid and substantial portion of an ingredient with a flat side, cooked and served whole.

  • That dish is served with a plank of cauliflower.

nounA political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on...

  • Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think long and hard before supporting it.1996 August 24, Frank Bruni, “Dole Rejects a Party Plank”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • Their supporters marched for everything from ending nuclear power to enacting gay rights — while maintaining the key plank of environmental protection.2025 February 24, Rina Goldenberg, “A guide to Germany's political parties”, in Deutsche Welle

verbTo cover something with planking.

  • to plank a floor or a ship

verbTo bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.

  • Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.1998, Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin, page 147

verbTo lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

  • to plank money in a wager
  • Joe planked the money down in the officer of a newspaper editor and awaited results.1963, George Blaikie, Scandals of Australia's Strange Past, Adelaide: Rigby Limited, page 117

verbTo pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

  • The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine.2011 May 23, “Party finishes up in plonking after attempt at planking in Kingsford”, in Herald Sun
  • Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.2011 May 24, “Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world”, in The Australian

More sentences with plank

  • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.From the entry hammer
  • The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.From the entry Davy Jones
  • After he was caught selling company secrets, it’s not surprising they made him walk the plank.From the entry walk the plank
  • A laminated arch is a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.From the entry laminated
  • He got a job at the lumberyard, working the big saw for planks.From the entry lumberyard
  • I want some planks that are two inches thick.From the entry thick
  • He was as thick as two short planks.From the entry thick
  • Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.From the entry floor
  • The plank along which pirates made their victims walk was a cantilever.2023 May 3, Philip Haigh, “The art and science of building bridges”, in RAIL, number 982, page 40. From the entry cantilever
  • Jessie's dad can do a plank for 10 minutes so should he worry about getting the 'rona?2020 March 19, “Some Unexpected Coronavirus Dilemmas”, in Mamamia. From the entry rona
  • The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 83. From the entry boxcar
  • Planks of crispy, "chilly" potatoes and elegant, delicately flavored shrimp Sunnaina in white-wine garlic-tomato concassé are hits.2014, Jennifer Olvera, “Suburban Stunners, Stalwarts & Surprises”, in Amy Lyons, editor, Food Lovers’ Guide to Chicago: The Best…. From the entry chilly
  • Start by performing a side plank with your right side down.2014, Adam Campbell, The Men's Health Little Book of Exercises, page 153. From the entry side plank
  • People taking pictures of themselves in a planked position and putting the photos on the Internet.2012 March 28, Trey Parker, “Faith Hilling”, in South Park, season 16, episode 3, spoken by Reporter. From the entry planking
  • Arrange the stuffed peppadews on the planks and drizzle with olive oil.2010, Karen Adler, Judith Fertig, 25 Essentials: Techniques for Planking, page 43. From the entry peppadew
  • Did he remember summoning Democrats to walk the plank for this?2009, Taylor Branch, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry walk the plank
  • The shaped standards or elbows are cut out of wide planks.2007, F. E. Howard, F. H. Crossley, English Church Woodwork, page 155. From the entry misericord
  • He almost dropped his end of the plank that had a wounded Federal on it.2007, Harry Turtledove, Fort Pillow: A Novel of the Civil War, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN. From the entry bluebelly
  • The Confederate trooper at the other end of the plank said, “Watch what you're doing, dammit!2007, Harry Turtledove, Fort Pillow: A Novel of the Civil War, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN. From the entry bluebelly
  • The ambar is built from logs or thick planks well and tightly adhering to each other.2004, Petar Vlahović, Serbia: the country, people, life, customs, page 194. From the entry ambar
  • Aggiornamento with the increasingly truculent magistrates was a major plank of Choiseul's recovery strategy for the state.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 249. From the entry aggiornamento
  • The problem with plain sawing is that the outer planks tend to warp.1999, Peter Oxenham, Integrated Science and Technology: Materials and Processes, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry plain saw
  • Planks scraped as she jammed her door open wider to admit the next client on her threshold.1999, Janny Wurts, Grand Conspiracy (Wars of Light and Shadow; 5), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 283. From the entry meatbrain
  • Martin, Bagel and I walked single file on wood planks through Avon's rough board tunnel.1980, Elaine Suss, A Money Marriage: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry slobber
  • He found himself swaying urgently backwards on the narrow plank beneath his feet.1977, Lillian O'Donnell, Aftershock, page 128. From the entry parchedly
  • Now the planks were gone, having been taken by the enemy into Luting City.1971, Dick Wilson, “The Bridge of Iron Chains”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press…. From the entry luting
  • They liked to tune their chews to the tap, tap, tap of their feet on the planks.1942, Emily Carr, “Ways of Getting Round”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry excursion
  • She was adorned with many movable planks, each laid deckwise when not in use as a gangway.1913, Catholic World - Volume 97, page 769. From the entry deckwise
  • Our ship docked first and the gang plank was secured.2014, Alexander Mescavage, Eunice Taylor, The Angry Man and the Weaver: Re-Imagining the Odyssey, page 168. From the entry gang plank

Meaning of plank

  1. noun A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture.
  2. noun An object made of planks; planking.
  3. noun A solid and substantial portion of an ingredient with a flat side, cooked and served whole.

Full definition of plank

Questions about plank in a sentence

How do you use plank in a sentence?
Plank is used as a noun and verb. For example: “A dish called "plank salmon" likely includes a salmon filet cooked on a plank.”
What is a short sentence with plank?
“to plank money in a wager”
What does plank mean?
Plank means a flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture.

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