ഓക്സ്ഫോർഡ് ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് നിഘണ്ടു പ്രകാരം, "പ്ലാങ്ക്" എന്നതിന് നിരവധി വ്യത്യസ്ത അർത്ഥങ്ങളുണ്ട്, അവയുൾപ്പെടെ:
പൊതുവേ, "പലക" എന്നത് ഒരു നീണ്ട, പരന്ന തടി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു പ്രത്യേക ആവശ്യത്തിനായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന മറ്റ് വസ്തുക്കളെയാണ് സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്.
1. Feeling the joints wobble, I put my good leg inside to hold the crate still and yank at a plank with my good arm, wrenching it free, leaving two rusty nails protruding from one end.
2. I emit a loud roar and turn, gripping the plank of wood.
3. She had seen him remove a plank and lay it momentarily on the floor before replacing it, but nothing gave-way to her touch.
4. Passepartout had but few steps to go and, rushing upon the plank, he crossed it, and fell unconscious on the deck, just as the Carnatic was moving off.
5. Cass reached the water and stepped onto the plank as it pulled away from the rocks.
6. Kallan curled the tips of her fingers against the grains of a wooden, weathered plank.
7. When I stumbled over a plank lying on the walk, I felt a flash of hostility.
8. Fog settles on the island like an uninvited houseguest, at times so thick it conceals the ocean, and a walk on the sand sounds like crossing a plank floor.
9. For instance, a crew of pirates are driven by a storm they know not whither at length a boy discovers land from the topmast they go on shore to rob and plunder they see a harmless people are entertained with kindness they give the country a new name they take formal possession of it for their king they set up a rotten plank, or a stone, for a memorial they murder two or three dozen of the natives, bring away a couple more by force, for a sample return home, and get their pardon.
10. We showered in the night air by standing naked on a plank behind the house and taking turns aiming the hose.