pallet

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noun (1)

pal·​let ˈpa-lət 

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

pallet

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noun (2)

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

Noun

The entire system is designed to fit on a standard 463L military cargo pallet, allowing it to be transported aboard military aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Think of these shipments as too large for standard parcel delivery, such as something over 150 pounds or a few pallets of product, but not big enough for the customer to need a whole truck. — Kevin Stankiewicz,jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

The suspects got away with five pallets of beef worth about $10,000. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Earlier this month, a group of masked men stole about five pallets of beef from a tractor-trailer in Northeast Philadelphia. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle French palette, literally, small shovel — more at palette

Noun (2)

Middle English paillet, from Anglo-French paillete bundle of straw, from paille straw, from Latin palea chaff, straw; akin to Sanskrit palāva chaff

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for pallet

• alate
• ballot
• fallot
• mallet
• palate
• palette
• shallot

Kids Definition

pallet

noun

pal·​let

ˈpal-ət

1

: a straw-filled mattress

2

: a small, hard, or temporary bed