plane
Plural: planes
Noun
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"
- "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
- a level of existence or development
- "he lived on a worldly plane"
- a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
- a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
- "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
- A level or flat surface.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level of existence or development.
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- A sycamore.
Verb
Verb Forms: planed, planing, planes
- To make a surface smooth or even with a tool.
- cut or remove with or as if with a plane
- travel on the surface of water
- make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
- "plane the top of the door"
- To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
- To glide or soar.
Adjective Satellite
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- "a plane surface"
Adj
- Of a surface: flat or level.
Examples
- astral plane
- He tried to PLANE down his rack of letters into something playable, but it remained stubbornly difficult.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain.
Synonyms
aeroplane, airplane, carpenter's plane, flat, level, planer, planing machine, shave, sheet, skim, woodworking plane
Scrabble Score: 7
plane: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordplane: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plane: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary