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treen | plan |

As nouns the difference between treen and plan

is that treen is (obsolete) or treen can be household articles made of wood while plan is a tablet (for writing and erasing).

As an adjective treen

is pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.

treen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) treon, treowen, equivalent to .

Noun

(head)
  • (obsolete) .
  • * Fairfax
    • The shady treen .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) treen, from (etyl) . See (l), (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Camden)
    • Treen cups.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Evelyn)
    • Treen liquors, especially that of the date.

    Noun

  • Household articles made of wood.
  • A large wooden platter.
    • Synonyms
    * (household articles made of wood) treenware

    Anagrams

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    plan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
    • The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
  • A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
    • He didn't really have a plan ; he had a goal and a habit of control.
  • A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
    • Seen in plan , the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
  • A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The simple plan , / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can.

    Usage notes

    * A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.

    Synonyms

    * (drawing of a building from above): floor plan

    Derived terms

    * battleplan * floor plan * business plan * development plan * marketing plan * masterplan * game plan * contingency plan * action plan * escalation plan * lesson plan * plan A * plan B * price plan * rate plan

    Related terms

    * (2-dimensional drawing of a building) blueprint

    Verb

    (plann)
  • To design (a building, machine, etc.).
  • To create a plan for.
  • To intend.
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    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
  • See plan on.
  • To make a plan.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Derived terms

    * planner * plan on * plan out

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