Definitions for planer

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planer plan·er

Spelling: [pley-ner]

IPA: /ˈpleɪ nər/

Planer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in planer (aelnpr).

Definitions for planer

noun

1. Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
2. Metalworking. a machine for cutting flat surfaces, having a cutting tool supported by an overhead frame beneath which the work slides back and forth. Compare shaper (def 2).
3. Typesetting. a block of smooth, hard wood for leveling the type in a chase by tapping with a mallet.

Origin of planer

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at plane², -er¹

Examples for planer

There he met and married his first wife, Wilhelmina (or Minna) planer.

This instrument may also come in very handy when setting tools on the planer or shaper.

The lumber can all be bought at planer ready for use cheaper than it can be cut by hand.

The planer should be set upon the type and given a few light raps on the top with the hammer, until the face of the type is even.

Since we've been here that planer has broke up two or three men.

You notice the same thing when you use the saw or planer, or even present a chisel to a piece of soft wood in the turning lathe.

Later a drag of the type known as the planer will prove to be the most effective.

The planer has led to the invention of a machine which dispenses with this skill.

In the opposite case, you must either have recourse to the planer, or put up with the accident.

He has no shaper or planer for the purpose, so that it must be done by hand.