carpenter's plane

Definitions of carpenter's plane

1. noun

   a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
   synonyms: plane, woodworking plane

   types:

   beading plane

   a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork

   block plane

   a small plane used on end grains of wood

   bullnose, bullnosed plane

   a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front

   chamfer plane

   a plane that makes a beveled edge

   circular plane, compass plane

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

   combination plane

   a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes

   dovetail plane

   a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints

   fore plane

   a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane

   jack plane

   a carpenter's plane for rough finishing

   jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane

   a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together

   match plane, tonguing and grooving plane

   a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards

   openside plane, rabbet plane

   a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets

   router plane

   a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms

   scrub plane

   a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock

   smooth plane, smoothing plane

   a small plane for finish work

   spokeshave

   a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes)

   dado plane

   a plane for making a dado groove

   type of:

   edge tool

   any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

   hand tool

   a tool used with workers' hands