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COMPASS PLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compass plane mean? 

COMPASS PLANE (noun)
  The noun COMPASS PLANE has 1 sense:

1. a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfacesplay

  Familiarity information: COMPASS PLANE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPASS PLANE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

circular plane; compass plane

Hypernyms ("compass plane" is a kind of...):

carpenter's plane; plane; woodworking plane (a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood)


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