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).
3. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
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. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
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. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
2. A sycamore.

Synonyms

airplane

✈️

aeroplane

✈️

level

flat

aircraft

shave

smooth

plain

whittle

even

scrape

planer

scrape off

carpenter’s plane

chip off

diagram

scheme

sharpen

design

smoothing plane

plan

plane tree

project

airship

pare

ground plan

woodworking plane

sycamore

polish

🇵🇱

glide

extended

airplane

✈️

flat surface

boat

⛵

sheet

fixed-wing aircraft

far

skim

aeroplane

✈️

horizontal

planar

facet

wide

map

planetree

broad

layer

make smooth

level surface

trowel

planing machine

area

planum

large

platan

pound

💷

projecting

projection

pure

quadrangular

quadrilateral

quality

rate

rectangular

reduce

rub

rub out

sand

scratch

separate

settle

side

sketch

smoothness

soar

spacecraft

sphere

split off

stable

stage

steadied

steady

straight

stratum

strike

strip

surface

surfaced

thin

ticket

🎫

tier

tool

unadulterated

uniform

unite

unmodulated

wind tunnel

wing

🪽

jack-plane

make thin

planing tool

rutter

projecture

thicknesser

flat face

planning machine

Platanus

dress with a plane

block plane

plane surface

core plane

plain face

flat side

rub smooth

knife plane

projection of image

paring tool

enemy aircraft

sycamore tree

abrade

sycamore

adjust

adze

airliner

angular

arrange

aspect

bird

🐦

bring together

canoe

🛶

cast shadow

chartered plane

chisel

clean

cockpit

constant

counter

crossout

curtail

degree

delusion

drawknife

dress

👗

edge

equable

errancy

error

etc.

face

fallacy

flatness

flatten

flush

flying machine

genuine

gnaw

grade

grate

grind

head-to-head

helicopter

🚁

hostile

jet

jet plane

land

levelness

line

measured

nibble

outline

peel off

pilot

🧑‍✈️

plane-tree

planing

platen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pleɪn/

Etymology

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 .