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gangplank
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gangplank has 1 sense
- gangplank(n = noun.artifact) gangboard, gangway - a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside; Array is a kind of footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridge
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gangplank, n. a movable plank usu. with cleats nailed on it for boarding or disembarking from a ship etc.
THESAURUS
gangplank
Bifrost, access, adit, air lock, approach, bascule bridge, bateau bridge, bridge, cantilever bridge, catwalk, corridor, drawbridge, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, floating bridge, flyover, footbridge, gangboard, gangway, hall, in, ingress, inlet, intake, lift bridge, means of access, opening, overbridge, overcrossing, overpass, passage, passageway, pontoon bridge, rope bridge, span, stepping-stone, stepstone, suspension bridge, swing bridge, toll bridge, vestibule, viaduct, way, way in
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