plane
/pleɪn/ noun C2- An airplane; an aeroplane. · on a plane
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
Plural planes
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Debray was admitted to the house for this grand ceremony, but on the same plane with everyone else, and without any particular privilege.
Of a branch of a plane, with a knife of my own,
“My dear Watson, you evidently did not realize my meaning when I said that this man may be taken as being quite on the same intellectual plane as myself.
“No, monsieur, I swear to you, by my hopes of salvation, I will tell you all, for the Abbé Busoni himself only knew a part of my secret; but, I pray you, go away from that plane-tree.
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