pallet

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noun (1)

pal·​let ˈpa-lət 

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

pallet

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noun (2)

1

: a straw-filled tick or mattress

2

: a small, hard, or temporary bed

Examples of pallet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Maybe save the Costco runs for pallets of paper towels and $1.50 hot dogs. —Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024

First, there were the northern lights that danced and splashed a pallet of colors across the nighttime skies that marveled sky-lookers. —Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024

Tallent said the concert floor of the Orange Peel has become a storage place for pallets of overflow relief supplies, with the venue paying its staff to manage distribution. —Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024

Reinforcement learning allows the drone to recognize warehouse racks, pallets, and cases and get close enough to inventory to scan the barcodes. —Steve Banker, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

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

Noun (2)

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

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (2)

14th 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