plane

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1. level surface, level, flat surface, flat; horizon, skyline, Astron., Navig. azimuth; sea level, water level; table, homaloid; plain, flatland, champaign, plateau, steppe, prairie; bowling alley, bowling green, pool or billiard table, tennis court; ice, glass, marble, alabaster, mahogany.

2. level, position, station, status, rank, rung, stage; height, measure, remove; stratum, degree, point, mark, notch, peg; echelon, class, rate, caste, footing.

3. airplane, aircraft, Brit. aeroplane, flying machine, propeller plane, airliner, ship, Sl. bird; hydroplane, seaplane, waterplane, amphibian, floatplane; glider, sailplane, air train; jet, jet plane, jetliner, turbo jet, SST, supersonic transport, ramjet.

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4. flat, planate, smooth, glabrous; regular, uniform, unwrinkled, unbroken; level, horizontal, even, flush.

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5. glide, sail, wing, waft, float, soar, drift, volplane; skim, slide, slip, brush, skate.

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1. jack plane, router, trowel, smoother, jointer.

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2. smooth, level, flatten, even, true, face; dress, finish, planish, mill, burnish.

3. remove, pare, shave, grade, shear