handplane

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noun

A manually operated plane (woodworking tool).

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Meanings

nounhandplane (plural handplanes)

plural handplanes

  1. A manually operated plane (woodworking tool).
  2. Synonym of handboard (“board held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing”).

    Synonyms: handboard

verbhandplane (third-person singular simple present handplanes, present participle handplaning, simple past and past participle handplaned)

present singular third person handplanes · participle present handplaning · participle past handplaned · past handplaned

  1. transitiveTo smooth with a handplane (woodworking tool).
  2. intransitiveSynonym of handboard (“to bodysurf using a handboard”).

    Synonyms: handboard

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of handboard (“board held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing”).

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handboard

verbSynonym of handboard (“to bodysurf using a handboard”).

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handboard
Also see
handboard

Origin

From hand + plane.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

panhandle
Cite this entry
APA

handplane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handplane

MLA

“handplane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handplane. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handplane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handplane.

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