English words for 'Alternative form of plankwise.'
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verb
- (transitive) To cover something with planking.
- cover with planks
- (intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
- To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- (transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- (transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- cook and serve on a plank
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
noun
- A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- (figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
- Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
- That which supports or upholds.
- (British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
noun
- (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
- A series of planks; a group of planks.
- planks collectively; a quantity of planks
- the work of covering an area with planks
- (slang) The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
verb
noun
- (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- (in the plural) Fetters.
- An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- Someone or something that clinks.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
- A small plank.
- A plane table.
- A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
- (chiefly Canada) One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.
- a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see side, plank. A plank on the side of something.
- (yoga) A yoga pose in which the body is held rigidly straight, with weight resting on the feet and one arm, where the upper body is held off the ground by the upper arm, leaving the lower portion of the arm on the ground.
noun
- A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
- A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
- A trestle bridge.
- A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
- a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
noun
- Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide.
- A panel of wooden slats typically laid on a concrete floor in a workshop, to reduce fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
- One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
- a boardwalk laid across muddy ground
noun
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
verb
- line with beams or planks
- use a crib, as in an exam
- take unauthorized (intellectual material)
- (intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
- To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
- To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
- (intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
- (transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
- (India) To complain, to grumble
- (transitive, informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
- (transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
- (cryptography) To use a known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, to work out the remaining sections.
noun
- baby bed with high sides made of slats
- a bin or granary for storing grains
- a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
- the cards discarded by players at cribbage
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
- The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
- (cribbage) The card game cribbage.
- A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
- (slang, sometimes African-American Vernacular) One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
- A confined space, such as a cage or office cubicle.
- (British) A bed for a child older than a baby.
- (cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
- A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
- A bin for drying or storing grain, such as a corn crib.
- (US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
- A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
- (nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet or other small vessel.
- (slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
- A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
- A wicker basket.
- (southern New Zealand) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
- (now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
- A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
- (Canada) A small raft made of timber.
- (cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
- (usually in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
noun
verb
noun
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
verb
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- behave in a certain way towards others
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- give out as one's portion or share
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- direct the course of; manage or control
- (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
adj
noun
- A beam or plank of split wood.
- Alternative spelling of shiva.
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A slice, especially of bread.
- A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- Alternative form of shiv.
noun
- (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
- a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
adj
noun
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- (film) A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
- a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
verb
noun
- (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
- The upper limit of an object or action.
- (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
- The overhead closure of a room.
- (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
- (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
- (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
- (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
- (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
- maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- the overhead upper surface of a covered space
verb
noun
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
verb
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
name
noun
- one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
- an unexpected slide
- (Internet slang) A stepchild.
- A pallet.
- A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
- A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
- An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
- (aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
- (sports) A losing streak.
- (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- A runner of a sled.
- (Internet slang) A script kiddie.
- A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill.
- One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
verb
- elevate onto skids
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- apply a brake or skid to
- slide without control
- (Internet slang) To steal or copy, especially computer code.
- (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
- (intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
- (intransitive) (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
- (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
- (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
- (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
noun
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
- A tern.
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- any sharply pointed projection
verb
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- give heart or courage to
- incite or stimulate
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- strike with a spur
noun
- A walkway or short, low footbridge over wet ground constructed with such timbers, made by laying one or more planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground.
- A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat (by either hewing or sawing).
- A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used especially for flooring but also for log cabin walls, piers, or plank roads.
- A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
- A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons.
- A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
- A short low bridge of similar construction.
noun
- (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
- A series of planks; a group of planks.
- planks collectively; a quantity of planks
- the work of covering an area with planks
- (slang) The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
verb
noun
- (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- (in the plural) Fetters.
- An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- Someone or something that clinks.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
- A small plank.
- A plane table.
- A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
- (chiefly Canada) One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.
- a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see side, plank. A plank on the side of something.
- (yoga) A yoga pose in which the body is held rigidly straight, with weight resting on the feet and one arm, where the upper body is held off the ground by the upper arm, leaving the lower portion of the arm on the ground.
noun
- A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
- A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
- A trestle bridge.
- A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
- a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
noun
- Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide.
- A panel of wooden slats typically laid on a concrete floor in a workshop, to reduce fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
- One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
- a boardwalk laid across muddy ground
noun
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
verb
noun
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
verb
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- behave in a certain way towards others
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- give out as one's portion or share
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- direct the course of; manage or control
- (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
adj
noun
- A beam or plank of split wood.
- Alternative spelling of shiva.
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A slice, especially of bread.
- A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- Alternative form of shiv.
noun
- (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
- a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
noun
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- (film) A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
- a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
verb
noun
- (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
- The upper limit of an object or action.
- (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
- The overhead closure of a room.
- (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
- (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
- (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
- (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
- (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
- maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- the overhead upper surface of a covered space
verb
noun
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
verb
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
verb
- (transitive) To cover something with planking.
- cover with planks
- (intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
- To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- (transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- (transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- cook and serve on a plank
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
noun
- A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- (figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
- Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
- That which supports or upholds.
- (British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
noun
- one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
- an unexpected slide
- (Internet slang) A stepchild.
- A pallet.
- A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
- A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
- An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
- (aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
- (sports) A losing streak.
- (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- A runner of a sled.
- (Internet slang) A script kiddie.
- A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill.
- One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
verb
- elevate onto skids
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- apply a brake or skid to
- slide without control
- (Internet slang) To steal or copy, especially computer code.
- (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
- (intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
- (intransitive) (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
- (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
- (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
- (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
noun
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
- A tern.
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- any sharply pointed projection
verb
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- give heart or courage to
- incite or stimulate
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- strike with a spur
noun
- A walkway or short, low footbridge over wet ground constructed with such timbers, made by laying one or more planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground.
- A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat (by either hewing or sawing).
- A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used especially for flooring but also for log cabin walls, piers, or plank roads.
- A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
- A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons.
- A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
- A short low bridge of similar construction.
verb
- (transitive) To cover something with planking.
- cover with planks
- (intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
- To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- (transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- (transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- cook and serve on a plank
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
noun
- A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- (figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
- Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
- That which supports or upholds.
- (British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
verb
- line with beams or planks
- use a crib, as in an exam
- take unauthorized (intellectual material)
- (intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
- To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
- To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
- (intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
- (transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
- (India) To complain, to grumble
- (transitive, informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
- (transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
- (cryptography) To use a known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, to work out the remaining sections.
noun
- baby bed with high sides made of slats
- a bin or granary for storing grains
- a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
- the cards discarded by players at cribbage
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
- The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
- (cribbage) The card game cribbage.
- A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
- (slang, sometimes African-American Vernacular) One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
- A confined space, such as a cage or office cubicle.
- (British) A bed for a child older than a baby.
- (cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
- A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
- A bin for drying or storing grain, such as a corn crib.
- (US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
- A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
- (nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet or other small vessel.
- (slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
- A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
- A wicker basket.
- (southern New Zealand) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
- (now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
- A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
- (Canada) A small raft made of timber.
- (cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
- (usually in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.