Plank vs. Board
By Muazma Batool — Published on October 17, 2022
Difference Between Plank and Board
Plank vs. Board Definitions
◉Board
A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work
a cutting board.
an ironing board.
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◉Plank
To bake or broil and serve (fish or meat) on a plank
"Boards specially made for planking food have grooves ... to hold juices" (Michael Stern).
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◉Plank
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
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◉Board
A flat piece of material designed or equipped to be ridden as a sport, especially a snowboard, skateboard, or surfboard.
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◉Plank
(figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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◉Plank
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
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◉Board
A flat, rigid piece of material on which a game is played, such as a checkerboard or chessboard.
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◉Plank
(transitive) To cover something with planking.
to plank a floor or a ship
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◉Board
An organized body of administrators or investigators
a board of trustees.
a board of directors.
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◉Plank
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
to plank money in a wager
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◉Board
(Sports) The wooden structure enclosing an area for skating, such as the ice on which hockey is played, or enclosing a playing area, as for indoor soccer.
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◉Plank
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
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◉Plank
(intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
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◉Plank
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
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◉Plank
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
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◉Plank
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
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◉Plank
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
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◉Plank
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
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◉Plank
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
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◉Plank
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
He planked the money on the table
He planked himself into the sofa
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◉Board
(Sports) To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.
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◉Board
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
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◉Board
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
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◉Board
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
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◉Board
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), etc.
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◉Board
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
We have to wait to hear back from the board.
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◉Board
(uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
Room and board
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◉Board
(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
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◉Board
(archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
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◉Board
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
to bind a book in boards
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◉Board
A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. Board (duplicate bridge)
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◉Board
(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
It is time to board the aircraft.
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◉Board
(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
to board one's horse at a livery stable
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◉Board
To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
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◉Board
(intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
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◉Board
(transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
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◉Board
A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, - used for building, etc.
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◉Board
A table to put food upon.
Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the boardHeaps with unsparing hand.
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◉Board
Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; - usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
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◉Board
A table at which a council or court is held.
Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board.
We may judge from their letters to the board.
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◉Board
A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
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◉Board
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
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◉Board
The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
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◉Board
To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.
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◉Board
To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
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◉Board
To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
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◉Board
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house.
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◉Board
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
I will board her, though she chide as loudAs thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.
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◉Board
a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;
he nailed boards across the windows
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◉Board
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
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◉Board
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;
he got out the board and set up the pieces
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◉Board
electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;
he checked the instrument panel
suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree
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◉Board
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
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◉Board
a table at which meals are served;
he helped her clear the dining table
a feast was spread upon the board
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◉Board
live and take one's meals at or in;
she rooms in an old boarding house
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