1
: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
2
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
3
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
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Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
At least 20 people either drowned trying to retrieve the aid or were killed when pallets landed on them, according to Gaza health authorities.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
The brewery is able to squeeze in about 15 pallets on the floor of its 6,500-square-foot production area and stack them about 16 feet high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
People slept on floors or straw pallets, flicking aside mice and fleas.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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During live burn training sessions, a bin is loaded with pallets and straw and then set on fire.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
At least 20 people either drowned trying to retrieve the aid or were killed when pallets landed on them, according to Gaza health authorities.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
The brewery is able to squeeze in about 15 pallets on the floor of its 6,500-square-foot production area and stack them about 16 feet high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
People slept on floors or straw pallets, flicking aside mice and fleas.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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