pal·let 1 (p l  t)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. [Middle English palet, tongue depressor, from Old French palete, small potter's shovel; see palette.] |
| 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. [Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman, bundle of straw, from paille, straw, from Late Latin palea; see paillasse.] |
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
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
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.
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| Noun | 1. |  pallet - the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of artambit, 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 board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" |
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