tonguing and grooving plane
- noun
- Specialized
:
gubia de lengüeta y ranura
- The joiner used a tonguing and grooving plane to fit the floorboards tightly together.
Examples
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A traditional tonguing and grooving plane creates precise edges for paneling and wainscoting.
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Before power tools, craftsmen relied on the tonguing and grooving plane for parquet flooring.
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The tonguing and grooving plane is essential for carpenters.
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I bought a tonguing and grooving plane yesterday.
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A traditional tonguing and grooving plane creates precise edges for paneling and wainscoting.
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Before power tools, craftsmen relied on the tonguing and grooving plane for parquet flooring.
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The joiner used a tonguing and grooving plane to fit the floorboards tightly together.
Synonyms
A hand tool that cuts tongues and grooves in board edges so they fit together
How Automated
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
tonguing + and + groove + plane
The noun phrase literally denotes a plane used for performing 'tonguing' and 'grooving' operations, so its meaning is compositionally derived from the constituents: the gerunds 'tonguing' and 'grooving' modifying 'plane'. Although 'tonguing' is a specialized woodworking sense (and the provided definition is musical, which could mislead), the overall 'X and Y + tool' pattern is a transparent, predictable English composition that a learner who knows the relevant senses would understand.
Etymology
Tonguing and grooving plane is a woodworker's hand tool named for what it does: it cuts a thin tongue on one board edge and a matching groove on the next so the boards 'fit together' like puzzle pieces. That's why the name describes the tool's job of making tight joins.
