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pallet1 definition

pal·let (pal′it)

noun

  1. a wooden tool consisting of a flat blade with a handle; esp., such a tool used by potters for smoothing and rounding
  2. palette (sense )
  3. a low, portable platform, usually double-faced, on which materials are stacked for storage or transportation, as in a warehouse
  4. Bookbinding a tool used for stamping letters on the binding of a book
  5. 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

pallet2 definition

pal·let (pal′it)

noun

a small bed or a pad filled as with straw and used directly on the floor

Etymology: ME pailet < MFr paillet < OFr paille, straw < L palea, chaff: see palea

pallet3 definition

pal·let (pal′it)

noun

Heraldry a vertical stripe half as wide as a pale

Etymology: ME palet < MFr, dim. of pal, pale

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pallet Synonyms

pallet

n.

cot, stretcher, couch; see bed 1.


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pallet Usage Examples

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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