planer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

planer
    n 1: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: {plane},
         {planer}, {planing machine}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Planer \Plan"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a
      machine for planing wood or metals.
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   2. (Print.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in
      a form, and making the surface even. --Hansard.
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   {Planer centers}. See under {Center}.
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