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PLANKING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The work of covering an area with planks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("planking" is a kind of...):

manual labor; manual labour (labor done with the hands)

Derivation:

plank (cover with planks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("planking" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Domain category:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Derivation:

plank (cover with planks)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Planks collectively; a quantity of planks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("planking" is a kind of...):

lumber; timber (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb plank

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