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pal·let ¹  (plt)

n.

1. A projection on a machine part, such as a pawl for controlling the motion of a ratchet wheel in a watch escapement, that engages the teeth of a ratchet wheel to convert reciprocating motion to rotary motion or vice versa.

2. A wooden, shovellike potter's tool used for mixing and shaping clay.

3. A metal tool used for printing on book bindings.

4. A fine brush used for taking up and applying gold leaf.

5. A portable platform used for storing or moving cargo or freight.

6. A painter's palette.

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[Middle English palet, tongue depressor, from Old French palete, small potter's shovel; see palette.]

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pal·let ²  (plt)

n.

1. A narrow hard bed or straw-filled mattress.

2. Chiefly Southern U.S. A temporary bed made from bedding arranged on the floor, especially for a child.

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[Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman, bundle of straw, from paille, straw, from Late Latin palea; see paillasse.]

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pallet¹

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a straw-filled mattress or bed

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) any hard or makeshift bed

[from Anglo-Norman paillet, from Old French paille straw, from Latin palea straw]

Usage: Avoid confusion with palate or palette

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pallet²

n

1. (Engineering / Tools) an instrument with a handle and a flat, sometimes flexible, blade used by potters for shaping

2. (Business / Commerce) a standard-sized platform of box section open at two ends on which goods may be stacked. The open ends allow the entry of the forks of a lifting truck so that the palletized load can be raised and moved about easily

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) Horology the locking lever that engages and disengages alternate end pawls with the escape wheel to give impulses to the balance

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a variant spelling of palette [1]

5. (Music / Instruments) Music a flap valve of wood faced with leather that opens to allow air from the wind chest to enter an organ pipe, causing it to sound

[from Old French palette a little shovel, from pale spade, from Latin pala spade]

Usage: Avoid confusion with palate or palette

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1. A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment.
2. (DOD only) 463L pallet - An 88" x 108" aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pallet - the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art palette ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
	2.	pallet - a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
	3.	pallet - a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
	4.	pallet - a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed mattress - a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
	5.	pallet - board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used palette board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"

Translations

pallet [ˈpælɪt]

A. N

1. (for goods) → paleta f

2. (= bed) → jergón m, catre m

B. CPD pallet truck N → carretilla f elevadora de paletas

pallet [ˈpælət] n (for goods) → palette f

pallet

n (= bed) → Pritsche f; (for storage) → Palette f

pallet [ˈpælɪt] n (for goods) → pallet m inv