plank
/ˈplæŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A dish called "plank salmon" likely includes a salmon filet cooked on a plank."
- "That dish is served with a plank of cauliflower."
- "Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries."
- "When Mr. 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."
- "In the 1970s, a group of ideologically inspired economists captured the ears and minds of politicians. The central plank of their ‘neo-liberal’ model was that growth and development depended on market competitiveness; […]"
- "The party, whose official name (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) translates as Alliance '90/The Greens, grew out of an assortment of social protest movements of the 1980s that eventually unified. Their supporters marched for everything from ending nuclear power to enacting gay rights — while maintaining the key plank of environmental protection."
Etymology
From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch, planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: plank, planke, planque, planca, phalanga, φάλαγξ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈplæŋk/
- British English: /ˈplæŋk/