All 12 Uses
pallet
in
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
(Edited)
- A rag pallet on the floor, Dana!
p. 83.7pallet = a simple, austere bed
- A lot of rag pallets on the floor.
p. 83.7pallets = 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. 239.7pallets = simple, austere beds
- He came over and sat next to me on my pallet.
p. 257.9pallet = a simple, austere bed
- He pushed me back on the pallet, and for a few moments, we lay there, still.
p. 259.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(pallet as in: a shipping pallet) a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
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(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)
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(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.