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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 surfaces

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

Dictionary entry details

• COMPASS PLANE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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