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pallet

pallet

6 8.1
A thin bed made of straw or folded quilts placed on the floor
  • noun
  • /ˈpælɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : jergón
  • Hadassah looked across the room at her younger sister, Leah, lying on a dirty pallet in the corner.
  • sleep on a pallet
  • straw pallet
  • make a pallet

And I said, well Godmother wanted me to clean up the kitchen and then make a pallet.

Examples

  • Thalia is sleeping in a large pallet bed on the floor with two other women.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Sal lays across a pallet on the floor of the dark, tiny room.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Perhaps you would like to take your pallet up there and sleep a bit more.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I pulled her pallet from the box and got her settled on it again.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I had to sleep on a pallet in Mummy and Father's room.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When I woke up on that pallet at Centrum, I had bedsores.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • After a long day, he made a comfortable pallet on the floor to get some rest.

  • During their camping trip, they all slept on makeshift pallets made of blankets and straw.

  • The children each had a small pallet beside the fireplace for a cozy night's sleep.

Synonyms

mattress
vspallet
277 1.0

A thick, soft pad put on a bed for sleeping

is a simple straw or quilt filled bed rather than a thick spring sleeping pad
bunk
vspallet
121 1.6

A narrow bed in places like camps or dorms

is a basic straw or quilt sleeping surface not defined by stacking or location
palliasse
vspallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A thin mattress filled with straw used as a simple bed

is a simple bed that can be thicker or use quilts not only thin straw
paillasse
vspallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A simple thin mattress filled with straw or sawdust for sleeping

is a simple straw or quilt filled bed rather than a historically specific pad
bedtick
vspallet
  • Archaic
9.6

A mattress filled with straw or feathers for sleeping

is a simple bed focused on straw or quilts rather than mixed fillings

How Comfortable

bed
∞ 1.0
mattress
277 1.0
cot
  • US
54 1.0
lig
  • Archaic
9.9
pallet
  • Archaic
6 8.1
mat
136 1.0
floor
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

pallet singular
pallets plural

Etymology

Pallet (mattress) comes from a word meaning 'straw' or 'chaff', so it originally meant a pile of straw used as a simple mattress and still means a humble bed.