Skhakh is the roof of the sukkah.
Schach is the loose, plant-based, not-susceptible-to-tumah material that makes the roof on a sukkah; see What can I use for schach? for what it can be made out of.
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Maximum width of schach "planks?"
What is the maximum width of schach "planks?"
I've seen several references that they must be less than four tefahim, (~32 cm) wide. Including this MY answer which sources from Hilkhoth Sukkah 5:8 by the Rambam.
But an Aish page says:
May one use…
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