planer
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈpleɪnər/
- Specialized
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- I used my planer to smooth the rough edges of the wood for the table project.
- planer boards
- portable planer
- thickness planer
Examples
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I just bought the 95082 12" planer, and think it's a great tool for the money.
Blog text (8) -
All right, now, as soon as the planer hits every surface on this top, I know it should be flat, so I'm going to flip it over.
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And as you know, the planer now lives underneath my table saw.
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I can finally install the lifting platform top and bolt the planer to it.
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Now I can pass it into the thickness planer and get both faces clean flat and parallel.
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Red shoved boards through the planer at a rate I couldn't keep up with, and in a minute I was buried.
Fiction book (1998) -
I worked the four-to-midnight shift at a lumber mill off Dixie Highway, stacking boards that came off a planer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Nothing like having a planer, routers, and two table saws—one with a dado blade.
Blog text (11) -
In my barn, we have a table saw, a circular saw, a miter saw, a scroll saw, a jig saw, a planer, a reciprocating saw, sanders in every shape and size, a band saw, and more drills than you can shake a stick at.
Blog text (2) -
They allowed greater mechanization among woodworkers as the large, heavy tools needed for furniture making (lathes, jointers, planers, and the like) could be brought into the region.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
A machine that cuts thin slices from wood to make it smooth
A machine that makes a surface flat and even
How Powerful
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Planer comes from the verb plane meaning 'to make flat' and the ending -er that names the tool or person who does the action. It is like plain which means 'flat', so a planer is the tool you use to make wood smooth and flat.