SPOKESHAVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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