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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•let•ed (pal′i tid),USA pronunciation adj. - (of the binding of a book) stamped with the name of the binder.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•let1 /ˈpælɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a mattress of straw.
- a small bed.
pal•let2 /ˈpælɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small, low, flat platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving:The workers loaded the pallets into the warehouse.
- a painter's palette.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•let1 (pal′it),USA pronunciation n. - a bed or mattress of straw.
- a small or makeshift bed.
- Latin palea chaff ) + -ete ette
- Anglo-French paillete, equivalent. to Old French paille straw (
- Middle English pailet 1325–75
pal•let2 (pal′it),USA pronunciation n., v., -let•ed, -let•ing. n. - a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
- a flat board or metal plate used to support ceramic articles during drying.
- [Horol.]
- Timea lever with three projections, two of which intermittently lock and receive impulses from the escape wheel and one which transmits these impulses to the balance.
- Timeeither of the two projections of this lever that engage and release the escape wheel. See diag. under lever escapement.
- a painter's palette.
- Mechanical Engineering(on a pawl) a lip or projection that engages with the teeth of a ratchet wheel.
- Printingtypeholder.
- (in gilding) an instrument used to take up the gold leaves from the pillow and to apply and extend them.
- a shaping tool used by potters and consisting of a flat blade or plate with a handle at one end.
- [Bookbinding.]
- Printinga tool for decorating the spine of a book.
- Printingthe stamping of the name of the binder on the inside covers of a book.
v.t. - palletize.
- Middle French palette small shovel. See palette
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pallet /ˈpælɪt/ n - a straw-filled mattress or bed
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-Norman paillet, from Old French paille straw, from Latin palea straw pallet /ˈpælɪt/ n - an instrument with a handle and a flat, sometimes flexible, blade used by potters for shaping
- a standard-sized platform of box section open at two ends on which goods may be stacked. The open ends allow the entry of the forks of a lifting truck so that the palletized load can be raised and moved about easily
- the locking lever that engages and disengages alternate end pawls with the escape wheel to give impulses to the balance
- a variant spelling of palette
- a flap valve of wood faced with leather that opens to allow air from the wind chest to enter an organ pipe, causing it to sound
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French palette a little shovel, from pale spade, from Latin pala spade |