1. A portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
   "The forklift operator carefully moved the pallet of boxes onto the truck"
    
2. A hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
   "The potter used a pallet to smooth the surface of the vase"
    
3. A mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
   "The prisoners slept on thin pallets on the floor"
    
4. [non-standard] Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colours used
   "His pallet contained a vibrant array of watercolours";
   - palette
    
5. [non-standard] The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist, painting or school of art
   "The artist's pallet for this series was dominated by earth tones";
   - palette

Sounds like: pallet, palette, pa

Derived forms: pallets

Type of: ambit, board, compass, hand tool, mattress, orbit, platform, range, reach, scope

Encyclopedia: Pallet