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pallet

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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.

[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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.palletpallet - the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
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
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 Ncarretilla 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
pallet [ˈpælɪt] n (for goods) → pallet m inv


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And behold, they flung the pallet directly upon Gringoire, beside whom they had arrived, without espying him.
To dress in the dark, and eat in the dark, and stumble in darkness to his pallet, this is his usual lot.
A jet of light from his lantern fell on the opposite corner of the cell, where Hetty was sitting on her straw pallet with her face buried in her knees.
 
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