noun
- An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
- usage: "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
- Mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape. (
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: sheet
- A level of existence or development.
- usage: "he lived on a worldly plane"
- A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
- synonyms: planer, planing machine
- A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood.
- usage: "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
- synonyms: carpenter's plane, woodworking plane
verb
- Cut or remove with or as if with a plane.
- usage: "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
- synonyms: shave
- Travel on the surface of water.
- synonyms: skim
- Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane.
- usage: "plane the top of the door"
adjective
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