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planking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun planking has 3 senses
- planking(n = noun.substance) Array - planks collectively; a quantity of planks; Array is a kind of lumber, timber
- planking(n = noun.artifact) Array - (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship); Array is a kind of covering
- planking(n = noun.act) Array - the work of covering an area with planks; Array is a kind of manual labor, manual labour
Derived form verb plank1
Derived form verb plank1
CIDE DICTIONARY
planking, n.
- The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- The act of splicing slivers. See Plank,
v. t. , 4. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
planking
bank, beam, billet, board, boarding, border, broadside, cheek, chop, clapboard, coast, cord, cordwood, deal, driftwood, firewood, flank, hand, handedness, hardwood, haunch, hip, jowl, laterality, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, many-sidedness, multilaterality, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, plank, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, profile, puncheon, quarter, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, shore, side, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, temple, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, unilaterality, weatherboard, wood
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