planer

IPA: pɫˈeɪnɝ

(woodworking) A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
(mechanical engineering) A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
(archaic, printing) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.

Examples of "planer" in Sentences

One night in 1939, the planer caught fire.
Nigel Planer was the narrator for this series.
A malleable planer material is embedded in the flange.
The mechanism used for this process is known as a planer.
The size of the planer needed is determined by the workpiece.
For this task, after jointing one face, a thickness planer is used.
The invention is directed to a cutterhead for a portable power planer.
The Amity mill closed, though the planer and treatment plants remained open.
However, a wood planer does not necessarily have the capability to be a moulder.
A trolling planer having an adjustable means to control the depth at which a fish lure will be towed comprising threaded means to move the position of the towing line with respect to the planer.