unplaned

Examples

• All

• They decided to leave the table unplaned to highlight its rough, natural texture.

• A large crucifix hung upside down on the wall, a high bookcase was wedged into the corner, and there was a table of unplaned wood with copper wine beakers on it in the middle of the room.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Our tabernacle was just a roof of unplaned lumber above a concrete floor—closer, therefore, to its origins: the barn and the preaching shed.

  Academic text (1999)

• The carpenter preferred to work with unplaned wood to maintain its rustic appearance.

Synonyms

T

textured

vsunplaned

13 4.1

Having a surface you can feel that is not smooth

refers to roughness from lacking planer smoothing rather than decorative pattern

U

unsmoothed

vsunplaned

1 7.8

A surface that is rough or uneven

is rough specifically because it was not smoothed by a planer

U

unsanded

vsunplaned

7.2

A surface that is not smooth and feels rough

is rough because it was not smoothed by a planer rather than sandpaper

U

unfiled

vsunplaned

• Specialized

5.6

Not smoothed with a tool, leaving rough or sharp edges

is rough from lacking planer smoothing rather than leaving sharp edges

U

unhewn

vsunplaned

9.3

Not cut or shaped with tools and left rough and natural

is left rough specifically because no planer was used, not merely uncut

U

unsmooth

vsunplaned

6.2

A surface that is uneven and feels rough to touch

describes roughness caused specifically by no planer use rather than general unevenness

How Smooth

polished

26 2.1

smooth

256 1.0

unplaned

• Specialized

7.4

roughish

5.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology