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Original entry ↗A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture. · An object made of planks; planking. · A solid and substantial portion of an ingredient with a flat side, cooked and served whole. · Physical exercise in which one holds a position (usually with a flat back, like a plank) for a measured length of time.
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.
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