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
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Etymology
Origin of planer
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at plane 2, -er 1
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At minimum, you’d need a table saw, which allows you to cut wood to width, as well as a planer and jointer, used to create smooth, even surfaces on wood.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Next, remove any excess wax on the exterior with a cheese planer or knife.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
In small groups of nine, students will learn to use a table saw, bandsaw, jointer, planer and drill press and will make a hardwood cutting board in the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
He says recent upgrades to the hydro's capacity have enabled the community to invest in an electric sawmill, an electric timber-drying kiln and an electric planer.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2022
Later a drag of the type known as the planer will prove to be the most effective.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
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
Mukden, its population now swollen to more than 3,000,000, grinds out lathes, shapers, planers, boring mills, presses, air compressors, electrical motors and transformers for all of China.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know all about feeding planers and I can also keep them up very well.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
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