plane

• (s) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
  • a flat desk
  • acres of level farmland
  • a plane surface
  • skirts sewn with fine flat seams
  flat, level,

Nouns

• (n) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
  • the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
  aeroplane, airplane,
• (n) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
  • we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane
  • any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane
  sheet,
• (n) a level of existence or development
  • he lived on a worldly plane
• (n) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood planer, planing machine,
• (n) a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
  • the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work
  carpenter's plane, woodworking plane,

Verbs

• (v) cut or remove with or as if with a plane
  • The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood
  shave,
• (v) travel on the surface of water skim,
• (v) make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
  • plane the top of the door

Synonyms

Words of close approximity