All 3 Uses of
pallet
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- Giant pallets poured out, swinging under red, white, and blue parachutes.†
p. 227.4pallets = portable platforms for storing or moving goods that are stacked on them
- Pallets banged down and broke open.†
p. 227.6
- Finally, a wondrous sight: B-29s skimming over, pallets hitting the rice paddies so hard, the men had to dig them out.†
p. 235.9 *
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) 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.