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plank

/pˈlæŋk/PLANGK
/pˈlæŋk/PLANGK

Meaningboard

Common meaning: a long, thick piece of sawn timber

Journey through time

  1. Norman Frenchplanke‘board’source
  2. Latinplanca‘a board, plank’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsboard → a long, thick piece of sawn timberplank‘a long, thick piece of sawn timber’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Norman French planke ‘board’.

Roots

  • planke Norman French “board”

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