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Pallet has 10 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

"The museum curator noted that the cool, muted pallet used in these landscapes was unmistakably Van Gogh's."

2

a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it

"The warehouse workers carefully loaded boxes onto the wooden pallet before sliding them under the forklift."

3

a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay

"After hours of kneading, she finally found her rhythm on the pallet while preparing the new batch of glaze."

4

a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed

"After the fire destroyed their house, we slept on an old pallet in the living room for several nights."

5

board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used

"The artist wiped her palette clean before starting to blend the vibrant sunset hues for the new canvas."

6

A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.

"The old artist's journal mentioned a wooden pallet for mixing paints, though today we would simply call it a palette."

7

A straw bed.

8

A narrow vertical stripe. Diminutive of pale.

9

Archaic form of palette.