Cryptic crossword clue
Removes excess wood from trees 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PLANES

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What does PLANES mean?

1. A level or flat surface.
2. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
3. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
4. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
5. (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
6. An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

1. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

1. To smooth (wood) with a plane.

1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.
3. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

1. To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
2. To glide or soar.

1. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
2. (Northern UK) A sycamore.

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