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plane

/pleɪn/

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noun
a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
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planer planing machine

type of:
power tool
noun
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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"the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

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aeroplane airplane

type of:
heavier-than-air craft
noun
a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
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"the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"

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carpenter's plane woodworking plane

type of:
hand tool edge tool
verb
travel on the surface of water
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skim

type of:
glide
noun
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
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"we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane" "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

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sheet

type of:
form shape
adjective
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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"a plane surface"

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flat level even
verb
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
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shave

type of:
cut
noun
a level of existence or development
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"he lived on a worldly plane"

type of:
level degree stage point
verb
make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
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"plane the top of the door"

type of:
smoothen smooth

Examples of plane

"the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
"the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
"we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"
"any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
"a plane surface"
"he lived on a worldly plane"
"plane the top of the door"