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SPOKESHAVE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spokeshave" is a kind of...):
carpenter's plane; plane; woodworking plane (a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood)