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PLANER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: planer   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

Synonyms:

plane; planer; planing machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("planer" is a kind of...):

power tool (a tool driven by a motor)

Derivation:

plane (cut or remove with or as if with a plane)

plane (make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane)

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