pallet
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pal·let (pal′it)
noun
- a wooden tool consisting of a flat blade with a handle; esp., such a tool used by potters for smoothing and rounding
- palette (sense )
- a low, portable platform, usually double-faced, on which materials are stacked for storage or transportation, as in a warehouse
- Bookbinding a tool used for stamping letters on the binding of a book
- Mech. a part of a machine that changes back-and-forth motion to circular motion, or vice versa, by engaging the teeth of a ratchet wheel; pawl; click; esp., any of the clicks or pawls in a clock or watch escapement, which regulate the speed by releasing one tooth of a ratchet wheel at each swing of the pendulum or turn of the balance wheel
Etymology: Fr palette: see palette
pal·let (pal′it)
noun
Etymology: ME pailet < MFr paillet < OFr paille, straw < L palea, chaff: see palea
pal·let (pal′it)
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Converse of object
- unload: On 28th May 1996, he was unloading pallets from the store's goods lift.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: Wooden pallets have to be treated in order to be pest free.
Modifies a noun
- stacker: Orange County Romance Writers steinbock pallet stacker launch a monthly Podcast to keep their members up-to-date with steinbock pallet stacker the industry.
Noun used with modifier
- steinbock: Orange County Romance Writers steinbock pallet stacker launch a monthly Podcast to keep their members up-to-date with steinbock pallet stacker the industry.
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