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pallets

/ˈpæləts/

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Paleness; pallor.

Examples :

"The patient's extreme pallets made the doctor concerned. "

appearance body

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A wooden stake; a picket.

Examples :

"The old wooden fence was made of rough pallets nailed together, creating a simple barrier around the garden. "

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Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.

Examples :

"The chickens were kept safe within the pallets surrounding their coop. "

architecture material structure

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(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).

Examples :

"The teacher set clear pallets for the project, limiting the scope to only the assigned chapters. "

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The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.

Examples :

"His drunken outburst at the dinner party was considered beyond the pale by everyone present. "

moral philosophy character value society culture

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A vertical band down the middle of a shield.

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"The knight's shield featured silver pallets down the center, dividing the blue field. "

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A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "Each security guard was assigned a specific pallets of the factory to patrol every night." "

area politics government military state geography

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The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.

Examples :

"The principal's pallets in school include student discipline and teacher evaluations. "

area government politics law

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A cheese scoop.

Examples :

"My aunt uses a special cheese pallet to scoop the feta cheese for her salad. "

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A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

Examples :

"The carpenters used pallets to hold the heavy beam in place while they bolted it to the frame of the new house. "

material building technical structure

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A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.

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"The artist carefully arranged dabs of crimson, ochre, and cobalt on their pallets before starting the landscape painting. "

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The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

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"The artist's pallets shifted from bright and cheerful in her early work to muted and somber in her later paintings, reflecting her changing emotions. "

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A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.

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"The graphics program offered several pallets: one for choosing colors, another for selecting brush sizes, and a third for adding special effects. "

art computing color style

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A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Examples :

"While not an everyday topic, to accurately depict the definition, the sentence would need to be about armor. Here's a simple example: "The knight's pallets, protecting his shoulders, were intricately engraved with a dragon." "

wear military body

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A plate against which a person presses their breast to give force to a hand-operated drill.

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"While using the hand drill, she leaned firmly against the pallets to keep the drill steady and apply enough pressure. "

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

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"The workers used a forklift to move the pallets of boxes into the warehouse. "

material industry business vehicle item technology

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A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment.

Examples :

"The grocery store worker used a forklift to move the stacks of canned goods that were loaded on pallets. "

material item business industry technical work machine

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(DOD only) 463L pallet – An 88” x 108” aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.

Examples :

"The soldiers secured the heavy boxes onto the pallets before loading them onto the transport plane. "

military technical vehicle machine item

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Examples :

"In the old barn, the farm animals slept comfortably on their pallets of straw. "

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(by extension) A makeshift bed.

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"After the power outage, the family made pallets on the living room floor with blankets and pillows so they could all sleep together. "

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A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.

Examples :

"The potter used wooden pallets to carefully shape and smooth the clay pots. "

utensil material art

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A potter's wheel.

Examples :

"The potter skillfully shaped the clay on the pallets. "

art utensil machine

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(gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.

Examples :

"The gilder carefully picked up the delicate gold leaf with the pallets and gently pressed it onto the picture frame. "

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(gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

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"The bookbinder carefully selected his pallets, each a different width, to apply the gold leaf precisely over the raised bands on the spine of the leather-bound volume. "

art utensil writing material

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(brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.

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"The brickmaker carefully placed the wet, newly-formed brick onto one of the wooden pallets before carrying it to the drying rack. "

material building industry

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A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.

Examples :

"The intricate clock uses tiny pallets to catch and release the gears, ensuring accurate timekeeping. "

machine technical part device

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One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.

Examples :

"While examining the old chain pump in the abandoned well, we noticed that several pallets were missing, explaining why it couldn't draw water. "

machine part technical

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One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.

Examples :

"The watchmaker carefully adjusted the pallets inside the antique watch to ensure the balance wheel moved smoothly and kept accurate time. "

device machine time part technical

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In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.

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"The organist adjusted the pallets to ensure each pipe received the correct amount of air. "

organ music technical machine part

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One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.

Examples :

"When the marine biologist carefully examined the shipworm, she noted the intricate structure of its pallets, which protect its delicate siphon tubes. "

animal anatomy biology ocean part

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A cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.

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"The surgeon carefully arranged his instruments, including several pallets filled with antiseptic solution, on the sterile tray. "

medicine utensil