All 12 Uses

pallet
in
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
(Edited)

A rag pallet on the floor, Dana!
p. 83.7

pallet = a simple, austere bed
A lot of rag pallets on the floor.
p. 83.7

pallets = simple, austere beds
Their pallets are on the ground.
p. 83.8
Finally, I made my way to my pallet in the attic, and lay down wearily.
p. 149.1 *

pallet = a simple, austere bed
Sarah sat down on the end of my pallet.
p. 149.7
I packed everything I could into my denim bag and left it in its place on my pallet where I normally used it as a pillow.
p. 171.1
I asked from my pallet.
p. 178.5
She went back to her pallet next to another child.
p. 207.1
I collapsed gratefully onto the pallet Sarah had made me there, and it felt like the world's softest bed.
p. 208.4
It was hot there, and empty except for the pallets and my bag in its corner.
p. 239.7

pallets = simple, austere beds
He came over and sat next to me on my pallet.
p. 257.9

pallet = a simple, austere bed
He pushed me back on the pallet, and for a few moments, we lay there, still.
p. 259.8

Definitions:

(1) (pallet as in: a shipping pallet)
a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
(2) (pallet as in: a sleeping pallet)
a simple, austere bed (such as a straw-filled mattress or temporary bed made on the floor for a child)
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, pallet can refer to a tool or part of a machine. It may also be found as a less common spelling for palette--a flat board or tray artists use to mix paints and to hold them as they paint.