EGAVE

plane

About 37.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of a surface: flat or level.
  2. noun A level or flat surface.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
  5. noun A level of existence or development.
    astral plane
  6. noun 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.
  7. noun Any of 17 designated ranges of 2 (65,536) sequential code points each.
  8. noun A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

Similar words

flat level even skim airplane aeroplane sheet shave planing machine woodworking plane

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Word family

buttonwood plane tree planed planer planers planes planing sycamore

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