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▸ noun: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood ("The cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work")
▸ noun: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
▸ noun: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape ("We will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane")
▸ noun: a level of existence or development ("He lived on a worldly plane")
▸ noun: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets ("The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane")
▸ verb: cut or remove with or as if with a plane
▸ verb: make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane ("Plane the top of the door")
▸ verb: travel on the surface of water
▸ adjective: having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another ("A plane surface")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49973)
▸ Also see planing
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▸ noun: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood ("The cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work")
▸ noun: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
▸ noun: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape ("We will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane")
▸ noun: a level of existence or development ("He lived on a worldly plane")
▸ noun: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets ("The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane")
▸ verb: cut or remove with or as if with a plane
▸ verb: make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane ("Plane the top of the door")
▸ verb: travel on the surface of water
▸ adjective: having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another ("A plane surface")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49973)
▸ Also see planing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to plane
▸ Usage examples for plane
▸ Idioms related to plane (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing plane
▸ Popular nouns described by plane
▸ Words that often appear near plane
▸ Rhymes of plane
▸ Invented words related to plane