planer
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planers
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Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
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Metalworking. a machine for cutting flat surfaces, having a cutting tool supported by an overhead frame beneath which the work slides back and forth.
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Typesetting. a block of smooth, hard wood for leveling the type in a chase by tapping with a mallet.
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a machine with a cutting tool that makes repeated horizontal strokes across the surface of a workpiece: used to cut flat surfaces into metal
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a machine for planing wood, esp one in which the cutting blades are mounted on a rotating drum
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printing a flat piece of wood used to level type in a chase
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any person or thing that planes
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of planer
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at plane 2, -er 1
Example Sentences
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The pitted road surface was scalped by a 30-tonne machine planer and the debris swept out before a bitumen emulsion binder was sprayed ahead of the laying of fresh asphalt.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Next, remove any excess wax on the exterior with a cheese planer or knife.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
Shed 17, which shared a wall with the planer building, was made of cement but was housed in an old wooden frame, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
His sister, Ms. Wong, showed the visitor how to run a hand-held planer, sawdust spraying like steam.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
This is a rectangular-shaped casting having a round boss or projection, the end e of which is to be turned parallel with the back face of the casting previously finished on a planer.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Franklin D. Jones
The pilot, Captain Al Wallach said the successful mission reflected the specialist expertise of the team's people, which included the flight crews, meteorologists, operational planers, runway teams and medical personnel.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said a six-member panel of engineers, architects and town planers had been appointed to "bring closure to this event and ensure that justice is served".
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2021
A salty, pub-loving sailor and longtime racing companion of Prince Philip's, Fox designed dozens of craft ranging in size from dinghies to 37-ft. planers.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the hard core of his book is a gallery of his humanized turret lathes, planers and millers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The carpenter's shop is likewise supplied with necessary machine tools, such as saws, planers, tenoning machine, whittlers, etc., the power being furnished by the machine shop.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
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