pallet
19
3.4
- noun
- /ˈpælɪt/
:
palé
- He moved the heavy pallet with a forklift to the designated storage area.
- wooden pallet
- crates and pallets
- wood pallet
I'm doing a declutter and we see the amount of pallets behind me.
- I'm doing a declutter and we see the amount of pallets behind me.
- And we learned quickly what it meant that they were on pallets, which made them.
- Well, I guess we use some old pallets that would have just been thrown out or, or burned.
- I said, look, ma'am, you're saying cases, I'm saying pallets.
- So while guys, some guys were buying boxes, I was buying pallets.
- One is the opportunistic level, the the looting, the self-serving, the pallets of flat screen TV's.
- So flip nation don't flip pallets.
Examples
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We're going to lift the pallet and the chamber up.
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When she tried to return the pallets, she could not lift one of them.
Fiction book (1993) -
Put that pallet over here.
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We only have room for one more pallet!
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Do not move the pallet.
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I want him to count every drum, every pallet, make sure nothing is missing.
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Last week we scored five pallets of fresh produce off a delivery truck.
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There are pallets of new computers in every corridor of this building.
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The stack is mounted on a wooden pallet and bound with stretch wrap.
Academic text (2000) -
What catches my eye is the pallet of barium ready to be fed into the oven.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
72
3.0
Small cart with two wheels and handles for moving heavy boxes
8
1.0
A cart on wheels used for carrying shopping or luggage
7
3.5
A small platform on wheels for moving heavy things like boxes or furniture
How Protective
189
1.7
32
2.2
37
1.0
19
3.4
49
1.0
- US
14
1.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pallet (platform) comes from an old word meaning a 'small, flat board' used to carry things, which is why a pallet is a flat base for stacking and moving goods.