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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
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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