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DictionarypalletGoods platform
noun

pallet

PAL-it/ˈpælət/

a portable platform for storing or moving goods

A wooden pallet supports a stack of shipping cartons.

A low wooden shipping pallet supporting a neat stack of plain cartons, shown from a three-quarter angle so its slatted platform and fork-entry openings are clearly visible.
Etymology
pallLatinspade; shovel
+etOld Frenchsmall

The 'small shovel' sense developed into a flat blade or tool, then a large portable tray. The modern pallet retains that flat supporting form for moving loads.

In context

Windigo Logistics0:21
a long skinny box placing right down the middle back middle of the pallet we have a medium box around chest level
Pallet building 101

More examples

  • Workers secure the shipment to a wooden pallet.
  • Empty pallets are stored beside the loading dock.
  • The delivery arrives on two heavy pallets.

Forms

pallet · pallets

Similar words

platform
A raised supporting surface that need not be portable.
skid
A skid is a support platform typically lacking a bottom deck; a pallet often has a fuller lifting structure.