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pallet

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pal·let¹ / ˈpalit/ • n. a straw mattress. ∎ a crude or makeshift bed. pal·let² • n. 1. a portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, and stored, esp. with the aid of a forklift. 2. a flat wooden blade with a handle, used to shape clay or plaster. 3. an artist's palette. 4. a projection on a machine part, serving to change the mode of motion of a wheel. ∎ (in a clock or watch) a projection transmitting motion from an escapement to a pendulum or balance wheel. pal·let³ • n. Heraldry the diminutive of the pale, a narrow vertical strip, usually borne in groups of two or three.

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pallet

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

pallet2 flat-bladed wooden instrument XVI; flat board; projection which engages with the tooth of a wheel XVIII. — (O)F. palette, dim. of pale spade, blade:— L. pāla spade, shovel, rel. to pālus stake, PALE1.

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pallet

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

pallet n. 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.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

pallet1 (straw) mattress. XIV. ME. pail(l)et — AN. paillete straw, f. OF. paille straw:— L. palea chaff, straw.

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pallet

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

pallet •mallet, palette, pallet, valet •tablet • pamphlet • aglet • anklet •candlelit • hamlet •Caplet, chaplet •lamplit • flatlet • mantlet •haslet, Hazlitt •scarlet, Scarlett, starlet, starlit, varlet •armlet • lancelet • branchlet •martlet, tartlet •plantlet • pellet • reglet • necklet •playlet • lakelet • bracelet •platelet, statelet •wavelet • leaflet • eaglet • streamlet •billet, filet, fillet, millet, skillet, willet •driblet, triblet •piglet • singlet • gimlet • inlet •kinglet, ringlet, springlet, winglet •ripplet, triplet •wristlet •eyelet, islet, stylet, twilit •pikelet •collet, Smollett, wallet •goblet • rodlet •omelette (US omelet) • droplet •torchlit •corselet, corselette •gauntlet (US gantlet) • owlet •townlet • toadlet • notelet • toilet •moonlit • sextuplet • fruitlet •bullet, pullet •booklet, brooklet, hooklet •quadruplet • annulet • septuplet •rivulet • quintuplet •gullet, mullet •doublet • floodlit •runlet, sunlit •couplet • cutlet • frontlet • violet •coverlet • circlet • verselet

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