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Meaning
Noun
●
A
portable
platform
, usually
designed
to be
easily
moved
by a
forklift
, on which
goods
can be
stacked
, for
transport
or storage.
●
A
straw
bed.
●
A
makeshift
bed.
●
In Heraldic charges:
A
narrow
vertical
stripe
,
narrower
than a
pale
. Diminutive of
pale
.
●
In Painting:
Archaic form of palette.
●
A
wooden
implement
, often
oval
or round, used by
potters
,
crucible
makers
, etc; for
forming
,
beating
, and
rounding
their works.
●
A potter's wheel.
●
An
instrument
used to
take up
gold leaf
from the
pillow
, and to
apply
it.
●
A
tool
for
gilding
the
backs
of
books
over the bands.
●
A
board
on which a
newly
moulded
brick
is
conveyed
to the hack.
●
In Engineering:
A
click
or
pawl
for
driving
a
ratchet
wheel.
●
In Engineering:
One of the
series
of
disks
or
pistons
in the
chain
pump.
●
One of the
pieces
or
levers
connected
with the
pendulum
of
a clock
, or the
balance
of a
watch
, which
receive
the
immediate
impulse
of the
scape-wheel
, or
balance
wheel.
●
In Music:
In the
organ
, a
valve
between the
wind
chest
and the
mouth
of a
pipe
or
row
of
pipe
s.
●
In Zoology:
One of a
pair
of
shelly
plates
that
protect
the
siphon
tubes
of certain
bivalves
, such as the Teredo.
●
A
cup
containing
three
ounces
, formerly used by surgeons.
Verb
●
To
load
or
stack
(goods) onto pallets.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
pallet
English
palet
Middle English (1100-1500)
palete
Anglo-Norman
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Carton
Container
Shelf
Tray
Bottle
Rack
Box
Bucket
Shipment
Bag
Cart
Containers
Warehouse
Bin
Cargo
Forklift
Trolley
Canister
Truck
Packing
Basket
Item
Package
Compartment
Floor
Plate
Cartons
Tacklebox
Crate
Conveyor
Slab
Block
Pile
Drawer
Boxes
Dock
Parcel
Jar
Pail
Stack
Countertop
Tin
Pod
Frame
Packaging
Hanger
Bar
Racks
Pipe
Vessel
Device
Barrel
Conveyor Belt
More
Rhymes
Valet
Mallet
Pallet
Palette
Pallette
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