noun
Meaning 1
A small plank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
planchette
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/plænˈʃɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
noun
Meaning 2
A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
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noun
Meaning 3
A plane table.
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noun
Meaning 4
One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.
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Usage: Canada
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noun
Meaning 5
a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
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Broader terms: board
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -ette.