carpenter's plane
- noun
- /ˈkɑːrpəntərz pleɪn/
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gubia
- After sharpening the blade, she used her carpenter's plane to finish the wooden door.
Examples
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He carefully ran the carpenter's plane along the edge of the table to smooth it.
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The old carpenter's plane had a wooden handle and a steel blade.
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He used a carpenter's plane to smooth the wood.
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The carpenter's plane was essential for the project.
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After sharpening the blade, she used her carpenter's plane to finish the wooden door.
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He carefully ran the carpenter's plane along the edge of the table to smooth it.
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The old carpenter's plane had a wooden handle and a steel blade.
Synonyms
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7.1
A hand tool with a sharp blade for smoothing wood
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7.6
A hand tool with a long flat bottom for smoothing and shaping wood before finishing
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9.9
A hand tool that cuts a long groove along the edge of wood
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9.6
A small wood plane with its blade near the front for trimming in tight spaces
A hand tool with a sharp adjustable blade for smoothing and shaping wood surfaces
A small hand tool that makes wood surfaces even and fine
A small hand tool that makes wood surfaces smooth
A small hand tool for smoothing and trimming the ends of wood
A long hand tool with a blade used to flatten rough boards before final smoothing
A long flat tool for making board edges straight and smooth so they fit together
A long tool that makes the edges of boards straight so they fit together
A long tool carpenters use to make board edges straight
A long hand tool that smooths and flattens the edges of boards for a tight fit
A narrow heavy tool that quickly removes lots of rough wood
A woodworking tool with changeable blades that cuts grooves and shapes wood
A hand tool that cuts tongues and grooves in board edges so they fit together
A hand tool that cuts matching raised edges and slots on boards so they fit together
A tool for making narrow grooves with smooth flat bottoms in wood
A hand tool for cutting a sloping edge on wood
A hand tool with a flexible bottom for smoothing inside and outside curves in wood
A woodworking tool with a curved, flexible base for shaping rounded wood
A woodworking tool for cutting a long groove along a board edge that has one open side
A small hand tool that cuts a straight groove across a wooden board
A tool for cutting angled grooves that join two pieces of wood together
A hand tool with a curved blade that cuts small rounded shapes along wood edges
A small woodworking tool with its blade near the front for smoothing wood close to corners
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Morphology
carpenter's + plane
The meaning is directly compositional: 'carpenter's' marks association/possession by a carpenter and 'plane' names the handheld woodworking tool. A B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it denotes the woodworking plane used by carpenters, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
Carpenter's plane comes from the simple tool a carpenter uses: a flat block with a sharp blade called a plane that is pushed along wood to shave off thin pieces. Those small shavings make the surface smooth or change the wood's shape, so the name means 'a hand tool for smoothing or shaping wood'.