match plane
- noun
- /mæʧ pleɪn/
- Specialized
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gubia
- The carpenter used a match plane to create precise grooves along the edge of each board.
Examples
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Proper use of a match plane ensures tight-fitting joints in wooden flooring.
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He inherited an old match plane from his grandfather's collection of woodworking tools.
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The carpenter used a match plane for the project.
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Can you pass me the match plane?
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He inherited an old match plane from his grandfather's collection of woodworking tools.
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Proper use of a match plane ensures tight-fitting joints in wooden flooring.
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The carpenter used a match plane to create precise grooves along the edge of each board.
Synonyms
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7.1
A hand tool with a sharp blade for smoothing wood
A hand tool that cuts matching raised edges and slots on boards so they fit together
A hand tool with a sharp adjustable blade for smoothing and shaping wood surfaces
A hand tool with an adjustable blade used to smooth or shape wood
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
match + plane
The word 'plane' clearly signals a woodworking tool, and 'match' can be interpreted as ‘to make things match/fit’, so a learner could infer this is a plane used to produce matching edges. However, the precise technical function (forming tongues and grooves for joining) is specialized and not fully predictable from the constituents for an average B1 learner without domain knowledge.
Etymology
Match plane is the name for a small hand tool used in woodworking: the plane has sharp blades that cut a 'tongue' and a 'groove' along board edges. The word match comes from making the edges 'fit together' like puzzle pieces, so the name means a plane that makes matching edges to 'join' boards tightly.