Planchette Definition

plăn-shĕt
noun
A small, heart-shaped or triangular device, often having as one of its supports a pencil, that is supposed to write out a message or, as with a Ouija board, point to letters or words, as it moves with the fingers resting lightly on it.
Webster's New World

A small plank.

Wiktionary

A plane-table.

Wiktionary

(chiefly Canada) Circular, colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.

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Other Word Forms of Planchette

Noun

Singular:
planchette
Plural:
planchettes

Origin of Planchette

  • French from Old French diminutive of planche board planchet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Planchette Sentence Examples

  • When you play with a Ouija board, you take the planchette and place it on the board.

  • It's easy for someone to move the planchette across the board to whatever he or she chooses without anyone knowing, so it's wise to play with friends you know are trustworthy.

  • There are times that you won't get a great response from it and other times when you can't get the planchette to move at all.

  • Depending on the website, playing Ouija online is similar to playing on the board except your mouse is the planchette.

  • With the traditional board game, players place their hands on a raised, triangle-shaped planchette that sits atop a lettered game board, and the spirit guides their hands to the letters that spell out responses to their questions.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLA

Words Ending With

ETETTE

Unscrambles

planchette

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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