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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of planer1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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