1
: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
2
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
3
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2025
Police said Perez ran a pallet company on a property owned by Reveles and Torres, and Reynaldo worked there.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
But most of the provisions, including pallets of drinking water, will have to be airlifted to the base.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Jordan, along with other countries, had previously dropped aid pallets with parachutes from cargo planes over Gaza.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Stacks and stacks of Coca-Cola Consolidated products sit on pallets nearly to the industrial warehouse ceiling.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2025
Police said Perez ran a pallet company on a property owned by Reveles and Torres, and Reynaldo worked there.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
But most of the provisions, including pallets of drinking water, will have to be airlifted to the base.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Jordan, along with other countries, had previously dropped aid pallets with parachutes from cargo planes over Gaza.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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