1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
1
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
2
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
3
: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
Examples of pallet in a Sentence
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Guad Venegas, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
To prevent Gazans from getting on board — a prospect that aid workers fear would invite Israeli military action — the group has suggested that the the ship could tow a barge loaded with food pallets and then push it to shore.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The pallet’s journey started with a mission to upgrade the ISS’s power system.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
In November, the site, which Caltrans said is leased to J.D. Hauling, was packed with metal storage bins brim full with materials, as well as wooden pallets, appliances, vehicles and other material.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
To transport the pallets from the barge and the ship to land, a temporary jetty will be built in an undisclosed location in Gaza, though the precise details of the effort are unclear.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The pallet is the largest object ever thrown out from the ISS.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The United States dropped pallets of food aid into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, expanding America’s direct role in addressing a growing humanitarian crisis and underscoring a widening gap between Washington and Israel over its handling of its war against Hamas.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
Jordan's military said while most of the pallets dropped Thursday landed in northern Gaza, the wind had blown one of them across the border into Israel.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
Some guns were found hidden in wooden pallets disguised as humanitarian aid.
—Guad Venegas, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
To prevent Gazans from getting on board — a prospect that aid workers fear would invite Israeli military action — the group has suggested that the the ship could tow a barge loaded with food pallets and then push it to shore.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The pallet’s journey started with a mission to upgrade the ISS’s power system.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
In November, the site, which Caltrans said is leased to J.D. Hauling, was packed with metal storage bins brim full with materials, as well as wooden pallets, appliances, vehicles and other material.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
To transport the pallets from the barge and the ship to land, a temporary jetty will be built in an undisclosed location in Gaza, though the precise details of the effort are unclear.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The pallet is the largest object ever thrown out from the ISS.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The United States dropped pallets of food aid into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, expanding America’s direct role in addressing a growing humanitarian crisis and underscoring a widening gap between Washington and Israel over its handling of its war against Hamas.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
Jordan's military said while most of the pallets dropped Thursday landed in northern Gaza, the wind had blown one of them across the border into Israel.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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