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adj
comparative form of plane: more plane
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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noun
A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
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noun
A person employed to use this kind of woodworking tool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plane, planing machine
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Broader terms: power tool
History
From Middle English planer, planere, equivalent to plane + -er.
Across languages
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