plane

Meanings

• an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
  • "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
• (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"
• a level of existence or development
  • "he lived on a worldly plane"
• a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
• a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
  • "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
• cut or remove with or as if with a plane
• travel on the surface of water
• make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
  • "plane the top of the door"
• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
  • "a plane surface"

Synonyms

aeroplane, airplane, carpenter's plane, flat, level, planer, planing machine, shave, sheet, skim, woodworking plane