1. a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; - Example: "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" [syn: plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
woodworking plane
n 1: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for
smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane
for the finish work" [syn: plane, carpenter's plane,
woodworking plane]