English

Pronunciation
AHD|pl�nʹ�r
Homophones: plainer, planar
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn�(r)|-eɪn�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. A woodworking tool which smooths a surface.
2. A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machine|milling machines.

See also
planner

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /pla.ne/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /pla.ne/

Verb
planer

1. to glide

Category:French verbs

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