plane

Meaning

Adj

Of a surface: flat or level.

Noun

1. A level or flat surface.
2. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
3. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
4. A level of existence or development.
5. 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.
6. Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.

Noun

A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

Verb

To smooth (wood) with a plane.

Noun

1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
3. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

Verb

1. To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
2. To glide or soar.

Noun

1. (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
2. (Northern-UK) A sycamore.

Synonyms

airplane

✈️

aeroplane

✈️

level

flat

aircraft

smooth

shave

plain

whittle

even

scrape

planer

scrape off

carpenter’s plane

diagram

design

plan

plane tree

chip off

smoothing plane

sharpen

scheme

sycamore

project

polish

🇵🇱

pare

airship

woodworking plane

ground plan

boat

⛵

platan

planing machine

planum

wide

level surface

trowel

skim

make smooth

flat surface

area

far

facet

extended

map

large

broad

layer

horizontal

glide

planar

Translations

piano

plano

Ebene

plan

avión

✈️

avion

✈️

Flugzeug

✈️

rabot

aereo

pialla

vliegtuig

✈️

Hobel

vlak

επίπεδο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pleɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: plane

In summary

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.

Sentences

When does our plane take off again .

The runway seems way to short for this type of plane .

The second plane was flown many times by himself and others .

He landed the plane with a damaged gear , but no major damage .