1
: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
2
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
3
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
Examples of pallet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Relief and health workers say these other methods of delivering food in Gaza, including the GHF sites and aid pallet drops from planes, are dehumanizing and inaccessible for many Palestinians, and expose them to injury or death.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Cabras said about 5 pallets worth of food were damaged from water, as well as damage to ceiling tiles, light fixtures, computer systems, plus boxes and bags storing food and clothes.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
In the 1980s, 16-20 feet of clearance worked just fine when distribution was more about floor stacking and hand-moving pallets.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pallet
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Last year, Harrison Bardwell, the farm’s ninth-generation proprietor, was selling thousands of pounds of cucumbers at a time, transportable by pallet and forklift.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Relief and health workers say these other methods of delivering food in Gaza, including the GHF sites and aid pallet drops from planes, are dehumanizing and inaccessible for many Palestinians, and expose them to injury or death.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Cabras said about 5 pallets worth of food were damaged from water, as well as damage to ceiling tiles, light fixtures, computer systems, plus boxes and bags storing food and clothes.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
In the 1980s, 16-20 feet of clearance worked just fine when distribution was more about floor stacking and hand-moving pallets.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pallet
Cite this Entry
“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share