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plan

 
/plæn/ n [C] (MAP)

Definition

a drawing that shows the shape, size, and position of important details of a building or other structure, or of objects within it: The floor plan showed us exactly where everyone’s office would be.
(Definition of plan n (MAP) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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