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planer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun planer has 1 sense
- planer(n = noun.artifact) plane, planing machine - a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood; Array is a kind of power tool
Derived forms verb plane1, verb plane3
CIDE DICTIONARY
planer, n.
- One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals. [1913 Webster]
- A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. Hansard. [1913 Webster]
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