pallet

Forklift's wooden load

Pallet is most likely to be encountered as a noun designating a platform used for storage and shipment of boxed or wrapped goods.

It’s typically made of wood and is moved with a forklift.

A different pallet is a small, hard bed, or a hard mattress.

A painter’s pallet (also spelled palette) is the colors found in his or her works, or the board that actually holds little blobs of paint while in use.

shipping

forklift

Powered pallet-hoisting vehicle

cargo · logistics · shrinkwrap · strapping · stacking · loading · unloading · dock · distribution · containerization

wooden

planks

Flat construction lumber pieces

lumber · nails · repurpose · upcycle · DIY · rustic · crate · recycled · hardwood · softwood

ceramics

kiln

Oven for hardening clay

  • potteryFired clay objects
  • clayMoldable earth for ceramics
  • wheelRotating circular frame

bat · firing · stoneware · earthenware · glazing · loading · shelf · furniture · stilts · cones

makeshift

mattress

Padded sleeping surface

homeless · shelter · camping · rough · improvised · blanket · cardboard · rest · squat · survival

platform

base

Supporting bottom structure

  • supportTo uphold or sustain
  • stageRaised performance platform
  • riserStair's vertical portion

scaffold · elevation · stand · structure · framework · mount · tier · staging · truss · pedestal

Categories
Opposites
storage/logistics position

palletshelf

Horizontal storage surface

rack · bin · container · overhead storage · shelving

sleeping surface quality

palletfour-poster bed

Bed with vertical corner supports

featherbed · king-size bed · canopy bed · hotel bed

Phrases
Family

pallets, pallet truck, palletization, palletize, palletized, pallet jack, pallet jacks

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G