Two English terms on job site

locker

Who knows what bone yard and plank on job site mean?

老警察

Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。没听过plank。

老聂

plank铺地的板材。 比如camp露天木条板铺的人行道用的plank

移民电工

在油田和建筑工地，Scaffold 上的木板条叫Plank。

locker

Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。=scrap yard
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Permit

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移民电工

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Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。=scrap yard

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/ L3 |1 P+ f( I" k$ _  u- VScaffold was made by wood, so the thick wood board on the platform called Plank,
2 k: ?0 E8 c; Rnow most construction site use scaffold made by steel but they still call platform is Plank even they made by non-wood.
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9 R8 C' ]$ e$ Z# }2 ^Dictionary:  plank   (plăngk) pronunciation
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   1.
         1. A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board.
         2. Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.

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