pallet

1 of 2

noun (1)

pal·​let ˈpa-lət 

1

: a straw-filled tick or mattress

2

: a small, hard, or temporary bed

pallet

2 of 2

noun (2)

1

: a wooden flat-bladed instrument

2

: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum

3

: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)

Examples of pallet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Just last year, a roughly .7 kilogram part of a pallet discarded from the ISS re-entered the planet’s atmosphere and violently pummeled its way through a Naples, Florida home. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2024

Currently, the robots as a service (RaaS) company offers its clients robots that can move full pallets. —Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 20 June 2024

Amid the pallets of weed products, officers found a machine capable of producing cannabis vape cartridges on a vast scale, according to Rosa. —Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024

In collaboration with nonprofit organizations, staff helped 2,450 families receive 21 pallets of food and bottled water and FEMA registration assistance in just three days. —Bradford Fitch, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English paillet, from Anglo-French paillete bundle of straw, from paille straw, from Latin palea chaff, straw; akin to Sanskrit palāva chaff

Noun (2)

Middle French palette, literally, small shovel — more at palette

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

pallet

noun

pal·​let

ˈpal-ət

1

: a straw-filled mattress

2

: a small, hard, or temporary bed