释义 |
pallet1 /palˈit/ noun- A platform or tray for lifting and stacking goods, used with a fork-lift truck, and having a double base into which the fork can be thrust
- A palette
- A flat wooden tool with a handle, such as that used for shaping pottery
- A flat brush for spreading gold-leaf
- A tool for lettering book-bindings
- (in a timepiece) the surface or part on which the teeth of the escape wheel act to give impulse to the pendulum or balance
- A disc of a chain pump
- A valve of an organ wind chest, regulated from the keyboard
- A board for carrying newly moulded bricks
- A piece of wood built into a wall for the nailing on of joiner-work
ORIGIN: palette pallˈeted adjective Carried on a pallet or pallets palletizaˈtion or palletisaˈtion noun - The adoption of pallets for moving goods
- The packing of goods on pallets
pallˈetize or pallˈetise intransitive verb and transitive verb pallˈetizer or pallˈetiser noun |