Pallet
WordNet
noun
(1) Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
(2) A mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
(3) A hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
(4) A portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
(5) The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
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Etymology 1
From the palet, from the palete, from pallr
Noun
- a portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
- 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.
- (DOD only)463L pallet – An 88” x 108” aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.
Etymology 2
From the paillet, from Anglo-Norman paillette (bundle of straw), from paille (straw), from palea (chaff).
Noun
Etymology 3
palla: to cut; hence a strip of cloth. The diminutive of the pale.