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
• Syn: ↑plane, ↑woodworking plane
• Hyponyms:
↑beading plane, ↑block plane, ↑bullnose, ↑bullnosed plane, ↑chamfer plane, ↑circular plane, ↑compass plane, ↑combination plane, ↑dovetail plane, ↑fore plane, ↑jack plane, ↑jointer, ↑jointer plane, ↑jointing plane, ↑long plane, ↑match plane, ↑tonguing and grooving plane, ↑openside plane, ↑rabbet plane, ↑router plane, ↑scrub plane, ↑smooth plane, ↑smoothing plane, ↑spokeshave
Useful english dictionary. 2012.