Plank vs Beam - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between plank and beam

is that plank is to pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place while beam is to furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.

As nouns the difference between plank and beam

is that plank is a long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick while beam is any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

As verbs the difference between plank and beam

is that plank is to cover something with planking while beam is (ambitransitive) to emit beams of light; shine; radiate.

plank

English

Noun

(en noun)

A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

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.

(British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.

That which supports or upholds.

* Southey

His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* plank spanker

Verb

(en verb)

To cover something with planking.

to plank a floor or a ship

* Dryden

Planked with pine.

To bake (fish) on a piece of cedar lumber.

* 1998 , Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)

Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

(colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

to plank money in a wager

To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

* 2011' May 23, '' Party finishes up in plonking after attempt at '''planking in Kingsford]'', in ''[[w:Herald Sun, Herald Sun] ,

The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank' on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of ' planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was.

* 2011 May 24, Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world]'', in [[w:The Australian, The Australian],

Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.

beam

English

Noun

(en noun)

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel

This ship has more beam than that one.

The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

*(rfdate) (Alexander Pope)

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

The principal stem of the antler of a deer.

(literary) The pole of a carriage.(rfc-sense)

(textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.

A ray or collection of approximatelyly parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body

a beam of light

a beam of energy

* (rfdate) Shakespeare

How far that little candle throws his beams !

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=September 22 , author=Nick Collins , title=Speed of light 'broken' by scientists , work=Daily Telegraph citation , page= , passage=A total of 15,000 beams of neutrinos were fired over a period of 3 years from CERN towards Gran Sassoin Italy, 730km (500 miles) away, where they were picked up by giant detectors. }}

(figuratively) A ray; a gleam

a beam of hope, or of comfort

* (rfdate) Keble

Mercy with her genial beam .

One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.

(music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.

Synonyms

* (nautical) breadth * (heavy iron lever) working beam, walking beam * (sense, hawk's feather) beam feather * see also

Hyponyms

* (textiles) fore beam, back beam

Derived terms

(Derived terms) * abeam * balance beam * beam reach * beam splitter * beam-ends * beamer * beamish * beamline * beamy * bond beam * crossbeam * moonbeam * sunbeam * broad across the beam * broad in the beam * chemical beam epitaxy * high-beam * laser beam * molecular beam epitaxy * particle beam * tractor beam

Verb

(en verb)

(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.

to beam forth light

(figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.

To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.

(science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.

Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here.

(currying) To stretch on a beam, as a hide.

(weaving) To put on a beam, as a chain or web.

(music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

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