pallet
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpælɪt/ or IPA: /ˈpælət/
- Rhymes: -ælɪt
- Homophones: palate, palette, pallette; pellet (possibly, depending on dialect or accent)
Etymology 1
From Middle English palet, from Anglo-Norman palete, from Old Norse pallr
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Noun
pallet (plural pallets)
- a portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
- (military) 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[1].
- (military) (DOD only)463L pallet – An 88” x 108” aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft[1].
Translations
a portable platform
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Etymology 2
From the Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman paillette (“bundle of straw”), from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”)
Noun
pallet (plural pallets)
Translations
A straw bed
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Etymology 3
Latin palla: to cut; hence a strip of cloth. The diminutive of the pale.
Noun
pallet (plural pallets)
- (heraldry) A narrow vertical strip.
References
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press
- Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
pallet
- third-person singular present active indicative of palleō.
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Materials Handling World Magazine
This major new facility makes extensive use of Link 51 pallet racking to provide approximately 5000 pallet locations, enabling the site to become central ...
