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Jointer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One that joints. literally
  2. 2
    a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:; The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
  4. 4
    Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:; A pointing-trowel.
  5. 5
    Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:; A bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together.
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  1. 6
    An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.
  2. 7
    A part of some ploughs, near the coulter, that helps control the flow of stubble and trash, better ensuring that it gets buried when the moldboard turns the soil over.

    "Holonyms: plough, plow < implement"

Etymology

From joint + -er.

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