Plane (Noun)
Meaning 1
A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The carpenter's hand moved deftly as he used the plane to smooth out the rough wood.
- She applied gentle pressure, using the plane to shape the curved edge of the table leg.
- The plane's cutting edge sliced through the hardwood, leaving a silky finish in its wake.
- To level the wobbly shelf, he employed a plane to shim the uneven surface.
- With a practiced hand, the master woodworker produced a flawless joint using a precision plane.
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- Tonguing And Grooving Plane
- Rabbet Plane
- Jointing Plane
- Long Plane
- Bullnosed Plane
- Smoothing Plane
- Jointer Plane
- Compass Plane
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Meaning 2
A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 3
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "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".
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
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Meaning 4
An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The pilot guided the plane safely through the turbulent weather conditions and landed smoothly at the destination airport.
- Several plane tickets to Tokyo were booked in the last hour, indicating the popularity of travel to the city for the cherry blossom festival.
- The kids loved building and flying model planes as a hobby during their school summer break.
- A plane taking off from the runway nearby could be heard roaring loudly through the noise canceling headphones.
- Air traffic control tower personnel closely monitored the airspeed and altitude of every plane on the approach to the airport to ensure safe separation between them.