planer

[ pley-ner ]

noun

1. Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
2. Metalworking. a machine for cutting flat surfaces, having a cutting tool supported by an overhead frame beneath which the work slides back and forth. Compare shaper ( def 2 ).
3. Typesetting. a block of smooth, hard wood for leveling the type in a chase by tapping with a mallet.

planer

/ ˈpleɪnə /

noun

1. a machine with a cutting tool that makes repeated horizontal strokes across the surface of a workpiece: used to cut flat surfaces into metal
2. a machine for planing wood, esp one in which the cutting blades are mounted on a rotating drum
3. printing a flat piece of wood used to level type in a chase
4. any person or thing that planes

Word History and Origins

Origin of planer¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; plane ², -er ¹

Example Sentences

The easiest way to get the job done is with a large planer, but not many people have access to a 20-inch-wide planer, myself included.

From Popular-Science

The most important event in Richard's life about this time was his engagement to Minna Planer.

From Project Gutenberg

But there is a responsibility, and the men who work at forge or lathe, at press or planer feel that it is there.

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In this company die erste Liebhaberin was Wilhelmine Planer, one of twelve children of a poor spindle-maker.

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This is a larger, more hardy, and finer tree than the American Planer-tree, and should be more extensively cultivated.

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The Caucasian Planer-tree (Planera parvifolia), with very small leaves, is also occasionally cultivated.

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