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Gangplank synonyms

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plank
Any of the articles or principles making up the platform or stated program of a political party
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  1. Any of the articles or principles making up the platform or stated program of a political party
  2. Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.
  3. One of the articles of a political platform.
bridge
Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function:
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  1. Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function:
  2. A device consisting of a long handle with a notched transverse piece at one end that functions similarly: used when the cue ball is positioned beyond the shooter's effective reach
  3. A structure built over a river, railroad, highway, etc. to provide a way across for vehicles or pedestrians
gangway
(Nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
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  1. (Nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
  2. An opening in a vessel's bulwarks or railing that allows passage on or off
  3. The main level of a mine.
ladder
(--- Naut.) Any staircase or vertical set of steps
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  1. (--- Naut.) Any staircase or vertical set of steps
  2. (Sports) An athletic workout in which one does progressively longer intervals followed by progressively shorter intervals.
  3. An often portable structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs, used to climb up and down.
approach
A path, road, or other means of reaching a person or place; access
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  1. A path, road, or other means of reaching a person or place; access
  2. An advance or overture made by one person to another.
  3. A way or means of reaching something; an access:
ramp
A wild leek (Allium tricoccum) having a pair of broad basal leaves in spring, followed by a naked flower stalk: its strongly flavored bulbs are edible
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  1. A wild leek (Allium tricoccum) having a pair of broad basal leaves in spring, followed by a naked flower stalk: its strongly flavored bulbs are edible
  2. A concave bend or curve where a handrail or coping changes its direction, as at a staircase landing
  3. A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing.
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  • When he crossed the gangplank to board the steamer, his gaze was skeptical and his pen ascerbic.

  • The gangplank was hoisted on a post and fitted with an iron spike which would embed itself in the deck of an enemy vessel.

  • The redcoats were cut down and their bodies fell into the dismal swamp on either side of the narrow gangplank.

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