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n.
  1. One that planes, especially a machine tool that is used to smooth or finish the surfaces of wood or metal.
  2. Printing. A smooth block of wood used to level a form of type.

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Metal-cutting machine tool in which the workpiece is firmly attached to a horizontal table that moves back and forth under a single-point cutting tool. The tool-holding device is mounted on a crossrail so that the tool can be moved across the table in small sideward movements. Since the cutting tool can be moved at almost any angle, a wide variety of grooves and surfaces can be generated. Mechanical planers, or surfacers, are also used to smooth wood to an even thickness. Planers perform the same operations as shapers but can machine workpieces up to 50 ft (15 m) long.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
  Synonyms: plane, planing machine

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The term planer may refer to several types of carpentry tools, woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools.

  • Hand plane: a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the face of the wood.
  • Jointer: a machine that produces flat surfaces and straight edges on boards (UK and Australia).
  • Planer (metalworking): a type of metalworking machine tool
  • Thickness planer (North America) or thicknesser (UK and Australia): a machine that creates boards of even thickness throughout their length. This is accomplished by means of a rotating cutter head which spins in place as the work-piece is propelled beneath it. Cutter heads may use one of several different methods, including straight blades, curved blades, or an array of staggered carbide cutter bits.

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